Psalm 140:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man; Who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

Common English Bible

⁴ Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD! Guard me from violent people who plot to trip me up!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.

Psalm 140:4 Cross References

Psalm 36:11

Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me or the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 71:4

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.

Psalm 17:5

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

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to be partial to the guilty or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

Psalm 52:4

You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

Psalm 58:5

so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.