Psalms 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked man. Do not further his evil device. They exalt themselves. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7O lord LORD, the strength of my salvation, thou have covered my head in the day of battle.
9As for the head of those who encompass me around, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, and LORD has not done all this.
Job 5:12He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalms 144:10Thou are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David his servant from the hurtful sword.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:2-8
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins… Read the whole commentary →