Psalms 140:8
“Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah.”
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Psalms 140:8 Context
6I said vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare the voyce of my supplications, O Lord. 7O God the Lord, the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battell. 8Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah. 9As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them. 10Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe.
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Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
- King James Version
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his {evil} device, {that} they {not} be exalted. Selah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, `lest' they exalt themselves. Selah
- American Standard Version (1901)
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
- Basic English Bible
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
- Darby Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
- World English Bible
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(140:9) Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah
- Jewish Publication Society Bible