Psalms 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
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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.
Cross References
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 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Psalms 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly 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 →