Psalms 140:8

Psalms chapter 140 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.7O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

v.8This passage

v.9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 32:27
Were 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 Jehovah hath not done all this.
2 Samuel 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
Psalms 10:2
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Psalms 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
Job 5:12
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Psalms 94:20
Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?