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Psalm Ps. 140. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays for the defeat of these enemies.
Ps. 140:1–5 The basic request is clear from the verbs deliver, preserve, and guard. The threat is from evil men, who are further described as violent men and the arrogant, who plan evil things.
Ps. 140:3 under their lips is the venom of asps. In Rom. 3:13 Paul uses this phrase as part of his argument that Jews and Greeks are alike “under sin.”
Ps. 140:6–8 The right response to such danger is to reaffirm trust in God and to ask him for help.
Ps. 140:6 You are my God. The faithful worshiper affirms that he has personally received God’s love.
Ps. 140:9–11 These verses pray that the evil schemes would happen to those who plot them. The success of such people would defile the land.
Ps. 140:12–13 The psalm closes by expressing confidence in the Lord and by guiding the faithful in what they can expect.
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