Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
PSALM 140 David complains of the implacable cruelty of his enemies, and of their treachery and rancorous calumnies. In the close, having besought God’s help, and expressing his persuasion of obtaining his layout, he comforts himself with the hope of deliverance, and just vengeance being executed upon his enemies. To the chief Musician — A Psalm of David. Psalm 140:1-5 1. Deliver me, O Jehovah!
Commenting on Psalm 140:1-13
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked. To fall into their hands would be a calamity indeed. David in his most pitiable plight chose to fall into the hand of a chastising God rather than to be left in the power of men.
In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do him honour, so there were many who hated and envied him, and sought to do him mischief, as appears by these verses, where, I.
Commenting on Psalm 140:1-7