Verse List for PSA 140:4

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Keep me from the hands of the wicked, Yahweh. ⇔ ≈ Protect me from violent men who plan to ruin me.

OET-LV [fn] keep_me Oh_YHWH from_the_hands _of the_wicked from_man violence(s) you_will _preserve _me who they _have _planned to_push _down footsteps _of_my.

ULT ⇔  Guard me, Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; ⇔  from the man of violence preserve me, ⇔ who have planned to push down my steps.

UST ⇔  Yahweh, protect me from wicked people who want to harm me; ⇔  keep me safe from violent people ⇔ who have planned to destroy me.

BSB & MSB Guard me, O LORD, ⇔  from the hands of the wicked. ⇔ Keep me safe from men of violence ⇔  who scheme to make me stumble.

OEB ⇔  Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, ⇔  from the violent guard me ⇔  from those who are plotting to trip up my feet.

WEBBE & WMBB LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. ⇔  Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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

LSV Preserve me, YHWH, from the hands of the wicked,
Keep me from one of violence,
Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

FBV Lord, please keep me from falling into the hands of the wicked; protect me especially from those who are violent, who are plotting my downfall.

T4T ⇔  Yahweh, protect me from the power [MTY] of wicked people. ⇔  Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me [SYN].

LEB • Protect me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked.
• Preserve me from violent men,
• who have planned to make me stumble .[fn]

BBE O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall.

Moff Preserve me, O Eternal, from the grip of the ungodly, ⇔  save me from outrageous men, ⇔  who plan to overthrow me,

JPS (140-5) Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip.

ASV Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; ⇔ Preserve me from the violent man: ⇔ Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

DRA Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

YLT Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

Drby Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked [man], preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

RV Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
(Keep me, Oh LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.)

SLT Watch me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the unjust one; from the man of violences wilt thou guard me; who purposed to overthrow my steps.

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

KJB-1769 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
(Keep me, Oh LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.)

KJB-1611 Keepe me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked, preserue me from the violent man: who haue purposed to ouerthrow my goings.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly: preserue me from the outragious man, who haue deuised to thrust my feete from me.
(Keep me Oh God from the hands of the ungodly: preserve me from the outrageous man, who have devised to thrust my feet from me.)

Gnva Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.
(Keep me, Oh Lord, from the hands of the wicked: preserve me from the cruel man, which purposeth to cause my steps to slide.)

Cvdl Sela. Kepe me (o LORDE) from the hande of the vngodly, preserue me from the wicked men, which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges.
(Sela. Keep me (o LORD) from the hand of the ungodly, preserve me from the wicked men, which are purposed to overthrow my goings.)

Wycl Bowe thou not myn herte in to wordis of malice; to excuse excusingis in synne. With men worchinge wickidnesse; and Y schal not comyne with the chosun men of hem.
(Bow thou/you not mine heart in to words of malice; to excuse excusingis in sin. With men workinge wickedness; and I shall not commone with the chosen men of hem.)

Luth Sie schärfen ihre Zunge wie eine Schlange; Otterngift ist unter ihren Lippen. Sela.
(They/She sharpen their/her tongue as/like a/one snake; adder_venom is under your(pl) lips. Sela.)

ClVg Non declines cor meum in verba malitiæ, ad excusandas excusationes in peccatis; cum hominibus operantibus iniquitatem, et non communicabo cum electis eorum.[fn]
(Not/No declines heart mine in/into/on words of_malice, to excusandas excuses in/into/on sins; when/with to_humans working_people iniquity, and not/no communicabo when/with chosen_(ones) their.)

UHB 5 שָׁמְרֵ֤⁠נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ֘⁠ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵ⁠אִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑⁠נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִ⁠דְח֥וֹת פְּעָמָֽ⁠י׃ ‡

BrLXX Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας, τοῦ προφασίζεσθαι προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις, σὺν ἀνθρώποις ἐργαζομένοις τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνδοιάσω μετὰ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτῶν.

BrTr Incline not my heart to evil things, to [fn]employ pretexts [fn]for sins, with men who work iniquity: and [fn]let me not unite with their choice ones.