"Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah."
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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.
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.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
\140:7\O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.