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Psalms 140:8
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Grant not, O Lord , the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah
Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.
Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked;do not let them achieve their goals.Otherwise, they will become proud.Selah
LORD, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
Lord , don't let the wicked have what they want. Don't let their plans succeed. Selah
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah
Don't let the wicked succeed in doing what they want, or else they might never stop planning evil.
Adonai , Adonai, my saving strength, my helmet shielding my head in battle,
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle,
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah.
Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil 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
Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked. Do not allow them to attain their plan, lest they be exalted. Selah
O Jehovah, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not promote his plan, lest they be exalted. Selah.
Lord , do not give the wicked what they want. Don't let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah
O Lord , do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
Lord , do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude
O Lord, do not give the sinful what they want. Do not let their plans work, or they will be honored.
Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, his device, do not promote, They would exalt themselves. Selah.
(139-9) Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked devices; let them not accomplish their purpose.
Lord , don't give the wicked what they want; don't let their plots succeed.
"Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah
Grant not, O Lord , the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Graunt not vnto the vngodly [his] desires O God: bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination [lest] they shoulde be made to proude. Selah.
Do not grant, O Lord , the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot. Selah
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
Lord, bitake thou not me fro my desire to the synnere; thei thouyten ayens me, forsake thou not me, lest perauenture thei ben enhaunsid.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further his evil plot! [Selah]
Don't grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked; Don't further his evil plot. They will exalt themselves. Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
Let not ye vngodly haue his desyre (o LORDE) let him not haue his purpose, lest they be to proude.
"Do not grant, O Lord , the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked;Do not promote his evil scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Grant not: Psalms 27:12, Psalms 94:20, Psalms 94:21, 2 Samuel 15:31, Job 5:12, Job 5:13
lest they exalt themselves: or, let them not be exalted, Deuteronomy 32:27
Reciprocal: Psalms 30:1 - hast not Psalms 33:10 - he maketh Psalms 35:25 - so Psalms 41:2 - thou wilt not Lamentations 1:9 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked,.... Of Doeg, as the Targum, and of other wicked men, who were desirous both of taking him, and of taking away his life: but the desires of such men are under the restraints of the Lord; nor can they fulfil them unless they have leave from him, which is here deprecated. The psalmist entreats he might not be delivered up to their will, or they have their will of him; see Psalms 27:12. Jarchi interprets it of Esau, as in Psalms 140:1; and it is applicable enough to antichrist and his wicked followers; who, could they have their desires, would root the Gospel, and the interest of Christ and his people, out of the world;
further not his wicked device: or, "let not his wicked device come forth" l, or proceed to execution, or be brought to perfection; let him be disappointed in it, that he may not be able to perform his enterprise, or execute his designs; which cannot be done without the divine permission. The Rabbins, as Jarchi and others, render it, "let not his bridle come out" m; the bridle out of his jaws, with which he was held by the Lord, and restrained from doing his will; let him not be left to his liberty, and freed from the restraints of divine Providence; see Isaiah 37:29;
[lest] they exalt themselves. Grow proud, haughty, and insolent to God and man; see Deuteronomy 32:27. Or, "let them not be exalted" n; upon the ruin of me and my friends.
Selah; on this word, Deuteronomy 32:27- :.
l אל תפק "ne facias prodire", Vatablus; "ne sinas exire", Cocceius, Michaelis. m "Vel frenum ejus ne sinas exire", Cocceius. n ירומו "ne exaltentur", Vatablus, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked - That is, in the matter under consideration. Let them not accomplish their desire in my destruction. Let them not succeed in their designs against me. The prayer, however, “may” be used more generally. It is proper to pray that the desires of the wicked, as wicked people, may not be granted to them; that they may “not” be successful in their purposes. Success in such desires would be only an injury to themselves and to the world. It is proper to pray that the purposes of the wicked may be defeated, and that they may be led to abandon their designs and to seek better ends. For this, in fact, we always pray when we pray for their conversion.
Further not his wicked device - His purpose against me.
Lest they exalt themselves - Lest they attribute it to their own skill, wisdom, or valor, and lest they pride themselves on their success. To succeed in a righteous cause makes a man humble and grateful; in a bad cause, proud, and forgetful of God. The margin here is, “Let them not be exalted.” The meaning is, that success would at the same time elate them in their own estimation, and increase their bad influence in the world. It is, on every account, a benevolent prayer that wicked people may “not” be successful in their plans of iniquity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 140:8. Further not his wicked device — He knew his enemies still desired his death, and were plotting to accomplish it; and here he prays that God may disappoint and confound them. The Chaldee understands this of Doeg.
