Psalms 140:1

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Psalms 140:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

2 who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

Psalms 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

Psalms 59:2

Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.

Psalms 59:3

See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

Psalms 71:4

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

Psalms 140:4

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

Psalms 140:11

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

Psalms 18:48

who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.