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Psalms 140:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.


Psalms 140:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 140:49 words
HebrewMeaning
שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּšānănw
they sharpenverbH8150
sharp · teach diligently · whet
לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֮ləšwōnām
tongue theirnounH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
כְּֽמוֹkəmwō
likepronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
נָ֫חָ֥שׁnāḥāš
a snakenounH5175
חֲמַ֥תḥămat
the venom ofnounH2534
bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···
עַכְשׁ֑וּבʿakəšwb
a vipernounH5919
תַּ֖חַתtaḥat
is underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹśəpātēymwō
lips theirnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 140:4

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,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 140 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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