Psalm 140:1 opens the same psalm with an almost identical plea — reinforcing the cry for preservation.

Psalm 17:5 asks God to hold up steps so feet won't slip — contrasting with enemies plotting to make steps stumble.

In Psalm 17:9, David similarly cries for deliverance from the wicked who surround him — reinforcing the same peril.

Psalm 36:11 uses the same imagery of foot and hand of the wicked — a parallel plea against being overtaken.

Psalm 37:32 directly describes the wicked spying to kill the righteous — the very scheme mentioned here.

Psalm 37:33-40 assures God does not abandon the righteous to the wicked, showing the promised outcome.

Psalm 55:1-3 echoes the same urgent prayer for God to hear against enemy threats.

Psalm 71:4 prays for rescue from the hand of the wicked and unjust — nearly identical wording.

Psalm 18:48 thanks God for rescuing from the man of violence — the deliverance that Psalm 140:4 prays for.

Psalm 25:19 laments the multitude of violent foes — mirroring the threat from wicked men in this prayer.

In 1 Samuel 26:2, Saul hunts David with 3000 men — a concrete instance of the wicked plotting against the psalmist here.

In 2 Samuel 22:3, David calls God his refuge and savior from violence — the same reliance on divine protection prayed for here.