Psalms 140:4

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 71:4 : 4 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
  • Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings, 9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.
  • Ps 36:11 : 11 Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Ps 37:32-40 : 32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. 38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. 40 Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
  • Ps 55:1-3 : 1 Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

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  • Ps 140:1
    86%

    1Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

    10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

  • Ps 71:4
    80%

    4Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

  • Ps 140:5
    80%

    5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 64:2
    78%

    2Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • Ps 17:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

    5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.

  • Ps 17:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

    9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

  • Ps 59:1-3
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    77%

    1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

    2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

    3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

  • Ps 36:11
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    11Don't let the foot of pride come against me. Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

  • Ps 140:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

    9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Ps 16:1
    76%

    1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

  • Ps 28:3
    76%

    3Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Job 16:11
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    11God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

  • Ps 86:14
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    14God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

  • Ps 144:11
    75%

    11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Ps 31:15
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    15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

  • Ps 119:134
    75%

    134Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 2:12
    74%

    12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • Ps 119:110
    74%

    110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts.

  • Ps 141:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

    4Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
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    49who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

  • Ps 19:13
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    13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

  • Ps 139:19
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    19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

  • Ps 140:11
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    11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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    4Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

  • Ps 121:7
    74%

    7Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

  • Ps 31:4
    74%

    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

  • Ps 18:48
    74%

    48He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

  • Ps 40:11
    74%

    11Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

  • Ps 143:9
    74%

    9Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.

  • Ps 94:16
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    16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • Ps 119:115
    73%

    115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

  • Ps 7:1
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    1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

  • 2 Sam 22:19
    73%

    19They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

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    2Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 27:12
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    12Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Ps 12:7
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    7You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

  • Ps 18:18
    73%

    18They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 22:16
    73%

    16For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.