“Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;”
Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers; protect me from those who are violent. The opening petition establishes protection from enemies as the primary concern; the psalmist seeks divine intervention against violent oppressors. Deliver and protect represent the two forms of divine response requested: removal from the danger and direct shielding from harm. This verse establishes the psalm as a prayer for protection grounded in conviction of God's power and willingness to defend the righteous.
Church Fathers on Psalms 140:1
1. Our Lords have bidden me, brethren, and in them the Lord of all, to bring this Psalm to your understanding, so far as God gives me to. May He help your prayers, that I may say those things which I ought to say, you to hear, that to all of us the Word of God may be profitable. For all it does not profit, for “all have not faith.” 1 Thessalonians 3:2 ... 2. What this Psalm contains, I believe that you perceived when it was being chanted; for therein the Church of Christ,…
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