Psalm 140

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Psalm 140 is a biblical psalm traditionally attributed to David, pleading for deliverance from violent and deceitful enemies and expressing trust in God's justice.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 140 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical psalm ⓘ
Poem ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
addresses God ⓘ
associatedWith King David ⓘ
bookOrder 140 ⓘ
canonicalNumberingInGreekLatin Psalm 139 ⓘ
canonicalNumberingInHebrew Psalm 140 ⓘ
expresses Complaint about violent men ⓘ
Confidence in God’s judgment ⓘ
Plea for rescue ⓘ
focusesOn Fate of the wicked ⓘ
God as protector of the righteous ⓘ
foundIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ
genre Individual lament ⓘ
Lament psalm ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
literaryDevice Imagery of traps and snares ⓘ
Metaphor ⓘ
literaryForm Poetic parallelism ⓘ
mentions Deceitful tongues ⓘ
Snares and traps ⓘ
The needy ⓘ
The poor ⓘ
Violent men ⓘ
mood Urgent supplication ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structure Confession of trust ⓘ
Description of enemies ⓘ
Imprecations ⓘ
Plea for deliverance ⓘ
testament Old Testament ⓘ
theme Deliverance from enemies ⓘ
Divine justice ⓘ
Imprecation against the wicked ⓘ
Protection from deceit ⓘ
Protection from violence ⓘ
Trust in God ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo David ⓘ
usedIn Christian liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
Private devotion ⓘ

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