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Psalm 140 is the 140th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man".In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 139.
It reflects how the righteous man prays for deliverance not only for freedom from suffering, but to allow himself to serve God without distraction. [2] The New King James Version entitles it "A Prayer for Guidance". The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.
The lyric video for "King of Kings" was published the same day the song was released (12 July), [8] and the live music video, recorded during the 2019 Hillsong Conference, premiered on 5 August; [9] both videos were published on YouTube. On 27 February 2020, the Spanish lyric video for the song was released, titled "Rey De Reyes". [10]
In 1840—a hundred years after the publication of Hymns and Sacred Poems—Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johannes Gutenberg's invention of movable type, and it is music from this cantata, adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", that is used for the carol today.
Subsequently, a variety of artists, including the Golden Gate Quartet, Son House, Depeche Mode, Jerry Garcia Band, The White Stripes, The Forest Rangers, The Sword, have recorded their renditions of the song, often with variations in the verses and music. The song's title refers to John of Patmos in his role as the author of the Book of Revelation.
Charles Spurgeon called this psalm "the song of the Astronomer", as gazing at the heavens (verse 3 in KJV) inspires the psalmist to meditate on God's creation and man's place in it. Spurgeon further interpreted the "babes and sucklings" to whom the Lord gives strength (verse 2 in KJV) as referring variously to man, David , Jesus , the apostles ...
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Arise, O Lord, And Hear; With All Our Hearts; I Call And Cry To Thee; O Sacred And Holy Banquet; When Jesus Went Into Simon The Pharisee’s House; Blessed Be Thy Name; O Praise The Lord II; Sing and Glorify Heaven's High Majesty; The set of nine vernacular psalm settings referred to as the nine tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter. Man Blest ...