Psalm 140:1, 6 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man, preserve me from the violent man….i said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
”Deliver us from evil,” or “ from the evil one.” We respond to threats of trouble and dangers from our spiritual enemies by turning to the Lord in prayer. Sometimes the Evil One uses flesh and blood people to persecute us. This is an Imprecatory Psalm, which prays curses on the enemies of body and soul. Sin, death, and the Devil are the real enemy, and they mean us harm.
As God has cursed the serpent in the garden, so the Lord, our Champion and Victor, has cursed our Enemy by His death and resurrection. He has delivered us from the evil that the Enemy has planned for us. Because of Christ, we “fear not them who are able to destroy the body,” but we fear Him, that is, put our trust and hope completely in Christ to deliver and preserve.
This is the Gospel message: the perfect love of Jesus casts out fear. Through the Word and the Spirit we believe that word and pray for deliverance and preservation. The Lord hears our prayer and takes care of us.