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Psalms 140:1,4 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 140:1 NIV (New International Version)

Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent

Psalms 140:4 NIV (New International Version)

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

Psalms 140:1 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men

Psalm 140:4 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.

Psalms 140:1 NLT (New Living Translation)

O LORD, rescue me from evil people. Protect me from those who are violent

Psalms 140:4 NLT (New Living Translation)

O LORD, keep me out of the hands of the wicked. Protect me from those who are violent, for they are plotting against me.

Psalms 140:1 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Rescue me, LORD, from evil men. Keep me safe from violent men

Psalms 140:4 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Protect me, LORD, from the power of the wicked.  Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble. 

Psalms 140:1 KJV (King James Version)

Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: Preserve me from the violent man

Psalm 140:4 KJV (King James Version)

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man; Who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Psalms 140:1 NKJV (New King James Version)

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men

Psalms 140:4 NKJV (New King James Version)

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

Psalms 140:1-5 MSG (The Message)

GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; All boast and swagger, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.

Psalms 140:1-5 MSG (The Message)

GOD, get me out of here, away from this evil; protect me from these vicious people. All they do is think up new ways to be bad; they spend their days plotting war games. They practice the sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt, speak venomous words that maim and kill. GOD, keep me out of the clutch of these wicked ones, protect me from these vicious people; All boast and swagger, they plot ways to trip me up, determined to bring me down. These crooks invent traps to catch me and do their best to incriminate me.

Psalms 140:1 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Rescue me, LORD, from evil people; Protect me from violent men

Psalm 140:4 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

¶Keep me, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my feet.

Psalms 140:1 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Protect me from violent men.

Psalms 140:4 AMP (Amplified Bible)

¶Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my steps.

Psalms 140:1 NET (New English Translation)

O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men

Psalms 140:4 NET (New English Translation)

O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.