Psalms 140

Psalms 140:1-13

A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss. 2. ‘Continually do they stir up wars’: cp. Proverbs 15:18. 3. Selah] see on Psalms 3:4. 7. Covered] better, ‘screened.’ 11. Let not, etc.] better, ‘a slander shall not.’