Psalms 140:8
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.
9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27If not — the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
Job 5:12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Psalms 27:12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Psalms 144:10Who is giving deliverance to kings, Who is freeing David His servant from the sword of evil.
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 →