Psalms 140:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.lest…: or, let them not be exalted

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Do not grant, O YHWH, the desires of the wicked, || Do not bring forth his wicked scheme, || They are high. Selah.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC139:9

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.

GNV

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

JPS140:9

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah

LXXE139:9

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.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:9

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.140.8

LXX-Br139:9

Μὴ παραδῷς με, Κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ· διελογίσαντο κατʼ ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με, μή ποτε ὑψωθῶσι· διάψαλμα.

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• Psalms 10:2–3In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise. For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
• Deuteronomy 32:27if 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 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• Psalms 94:20–21Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree? They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

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