Psalms 140:4
Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 71:4 : 4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
- Prov 18:5 : 5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- Ps 17:8-9 : 8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me. 9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.
- Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.
- Ps 37:32-40 : 32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death. 33 Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged. 34 Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest! 35 I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant, 36 And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found! 37 Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each `is' peace. 38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off. 39 And the salvation of the righteous `is' from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity. 40 And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!
- Ps 55:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, `to' my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. 2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, 3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
- Ps 17:5 : 5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.
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1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from an evil man, From one of violence Thou keepest me.
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10 The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
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4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
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5 The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
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2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
- Ps 17:4-52 verses78%
4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
5 To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.
- Ps 17:8-92 verses78%
8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.
9 From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.
- Ps 59:1-33 verses77%
1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
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11 Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.
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8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
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1 A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
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3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
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11 God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
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14 O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,
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11 Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood,
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15 In Thy hand `are' my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
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134 Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Thy precepts,
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13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
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32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
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12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.
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3 Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
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49 And bringing me forth from mine enemies, Yea, above my withstanders Thou raisest me up. From a man of violence Thou deliverest me.
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13 Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,
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19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
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11 A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
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4 Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
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7 Jehovah preserveth thee from all evil, He doth preserve thy soul.
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4 Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.
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4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou `art' my strength.
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48 My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.
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115 Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
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19 They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,
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2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!
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12 Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
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7 Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.
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18 They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
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3 For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
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16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.