Top Verses from Psalms 140  

For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, (NIV)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. DELIVER ME, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men; (AMP)

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; (KJV)

They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. (NIV)

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [Rom. 3:13.] (AMP)

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (KJV)

I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. (NIV)

I know and rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor and needy [of His believing children]. (AMP)

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. (KJV)

Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. (NIV)

O God the Lord, the Strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. (AMP)

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. (KJV)

Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence. (NIV)

Surely the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence (before Your very face). (AMP)

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. (KJV)

Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet. (NIV)

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

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

I say to the LORD, "You are my God." Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy. (NIV)

I said to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Lord. (AMP)

I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. (KJV)

Who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day. (NIV)

They devise mischiefs in their heart; continually they gather together and stir up wars. (AMP)

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. (KJV)

The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. (NIV)

The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! (AMP)

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. (KJV)

May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent. (NIV)

Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings]. (AMP)

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. (KJV)