- 1[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד
- 2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.חַלְּצֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה מֵאָדָ֣ם רָ֑ע מֵאִ֖ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי
- 3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת
- 4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ סֶֽלָה
- 5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה מִ֘ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵאִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִדְח֥וֹת פְּעָמָֽי
- 6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.טָֽמְנֽוּ גֵאִ֨ים פַּ֡ח וַחֲבָלִ֗ים פָּ֣רְשׂוּ רֶ֭שֶׁת לְיַד מַעְגָּ֑ל מֹקְשִׁ֖ים שָֽׁתוּ סֶֽלָה
- 7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַ֭יהוָה אֵ֣לִי אָ֑תָּה הַאֲזִ֥ינָה יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי
- 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗י בְּי֣וֹם נָֽשֶׁק
- 9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.אַל תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥וֹ אַל תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה
- 10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.רֹ֥אשׁ מְסִבָּ֑י עֲמַ֖ל שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ יכסומו יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ
- 11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.ימיטו יִמּ֥וֹטוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת בַּֽל יָקֽוּמוּ
- 12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל יִכּ֪וֹן בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת
- 13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.ידעת יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְ֭הוָה דִּ֣ין עָנִ֑י מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט אֶבְיֹנִֽים
Psalm 140 KJV
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Psalm 140 original-language research
The Hebrew lines shown beneath the KJV text come from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) data in YHWSA. The chapter vocabulary below is ranked from verse-level Strong's tagging; grammatical particles are omitted so meaningful terms remain visible.
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
suspension (of music), i.e., pause
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Psalm 140:1 | 555 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:2 | 2,998 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:3 | 2,942 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:4 | 4,401 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:5 | 4,594 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:6 | 4,987 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:7 | 1,918 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:8 | 3,058 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:9 | 3,255 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:10 | 1,867 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:11 | 3,422 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:12 | 4,635 | study verse |
| Psalm 140:13 | 3,365 | study verse |
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