Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 140:1

"Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:" — Psalms 140:1 (ASV)

Evil man— The singular of the object in this verse must not lead us to think the psalm is an expression of personal feeling against one enemy, for it is immediately changed to the plural.

Violent man— See Margin.