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Psalms 140:8

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

KJV

Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei ; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.

Vulgate

ὅτι πρὸς σέ, Κύριε κύριε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐπὶ σὲ ἤλπισα, μὴ ἀντανέλῃς τὴν ψυχήν μου·

LXX

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

ASV

יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָ/י עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑/י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝/רֹאשִׁ֗/י בְּ/י֣וֹם נָֽשֶׁק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 89×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 73×
יְהוִ֔ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 305×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
נִי
ny
verb · 24×
נֵ֣שֶׁק
nshq
noun · 10×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • Deut 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
  • Deut 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
  • Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
  • Ps 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
  • Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
  • Ps 41:2 — The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
  • Ps 66:7 — He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?