Psalm 140:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Psalm 140:4 Cross References

Psalm 17:5

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 52:4

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Psalm 58:5

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Psalm 71:4

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Proverbs 18:5

To accept the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgement.