Psalm 140:8 “Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evi…”

Psalm 140:8

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

World English Bible

LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

American Standard Version

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.

Darby Translation

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“Grant not”

Psalm 27:12 2 Samuel 15:31 Psalm 94:20 Psalm 94:21 Job 5:12 Job 5:13

Psalm 27:12 · BSB

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

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 94:20 · BSB

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Psalm 94:21 · BSB

They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Job 5:12 · BSB

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 5:13 · BSB

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

“lest they exalt themselves”

Deuteronomy 32:27

Deuteronomy 32:27 · BSB

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.’”

Also

Psalm 10:2–3

Psalm 10:2–3 · BSB

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

9May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

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