Psalm 140:8
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New International Version (©1984)
do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

New Living Translation (©2007)
LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude

English Standard Version (©2001)
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
O LORD, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, [or] they will become arrogant. [Selah]

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

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

American Standard Version
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. 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.)

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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

English Revised Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

Geneva Study Bible

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

(f) For it is in God's hand to overthrow the counsels and enterprises of the wicked.

King James Translators' Notes

lest...: or, let them not be exalted

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. (Compare Ps 37:12; 66:7).

lest they exalt themselves-or, they will be exalted if permitted to prosper.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

140:8-13 Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengeance. And surely the righteous shall dwell in God's presence, and give him thanks for evermore. This is true thanksgiving, even thanks-living: this use we should make of all our deliverances, we should serve God the more closely and cheerfully. Those who, though evil spoken of and ill-used by men, are righteous in the sight of God, being justified by the righteousness of Christ, which is imputed to them, and received by faith, as the effect of which, they live soberly and righteously; these give thanks to the Lord, for the righteousness whereby they are made righteous, and for every blessing of grace, and mercy of life.


Esther 9:25 But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.
Psalm 112:10 The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish. (NASB ©1995)

Designs Desire Desires Device Evil Exalt Exalted Forth Further Grant Help High Plans Plot Promote Proud Selah Succeed Themselves Uplifted Wicked Wrongdoer

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

grant not Ps 27:12 94:20,21 2Sa 15:31 Job 5:12,13

lest they exalt themselves. or, let them not be exalted De 32:27

Bible Gateway: Psalms Chapter 140 Verse 8 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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