Psalm 140:8 - Tree of Life Version

⁸ God my Lord, the strength of my deliverance, You shield my head in the day of battle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: Further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked plot and device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah

Common English Bible

⁸ LORD, don’t give the wicked what they want! Don’t allow their plans to succeed, or they’ll exalt themselves even more! Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.

Psalm 140:8 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 15:31

Then someone told David saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “Adonai, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

Psalm 144:10

who gives salvation to kings, who rescues Your servant David from the evil sword.

Psalm 27:12

Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes. For false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Deuteronomy 32:27

except I dread the taunt of the enemy, lest their foes might misconstrue— lest they say, ‘Our hand is held high, and Adonai has not done all this.’