Psalm 140:8
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Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
In other translations
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 10:2-32 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. 3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- Job 5:12-1312 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. 13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- 2 Samuel 15:31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- Psalm 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Psalm 94:20-2120 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.20 Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree? 21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
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