John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked ,.... From falling into their hands, and the weight of them); and from their laying hands on him, being men of power and authority; preserve me from the violent man : or men, everyone of them; See Gill on Psalm 140:1 ; who have purposed to overthrow my goings : to supplant him; to cause him to stumble and fall, to his disgrace and reproach; and that they might take an advantage of him, and an occasion against him. Arama interprets it,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 140:1-7
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. He gives a character of his enemies, and paints them out in their own colours, as dangerous men, whom he had reason to be afraid of, but wicked men, whom he had no reason to... read more