Psalm 140:8
Strong's Lexicon
Grant
תִּתֵּ֣ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

not,
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

O LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

the desires
מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י (ma·’ă·way·yê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3970: 1) desire

of the wicked;
רָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

promote
תָּ֝פֵ֗ק (tā·p̄êq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6329: 1) to bring out, furnish, promote, go out, issue 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to produce, furnish 1a2) to bring out, elicit, obtain, cause to come out from 1a3) to promote 1a4) to cause to go out to

their evil plans,
זְמָמ֥וֹ (zə·mā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2162: 1) wicked device, evil plan

[lest] they be exalted.
יָר֥וּמוּ (yā·rū·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7311: 1) to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be high, be set on high 1a2) to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted 1a3) to be lifted, rise 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up 1b2) to lift up, raise, exalt 1b3) to exalt, extol 1c) (Polal) to be lifted up 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high 1d2) to lift up (and take away), remove 1d3) to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute 1e) (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished 1f) (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself 2) (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: 1) to lift up, exalt 1a) Selah 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Young's Literal Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD , do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah

New American Standard Bible
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his [evil] device, [that] they [not] be exalted. Selah.

King James Bible
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

New Living Translation
LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud. Interlude

English Standard Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

New American Standard Bible
"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked; do not let them achieve their goals. Otherwise, they will become proud. Selah

International Standard Version
Never grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; never condone their plans so they cannot exalt themselves. Interlude

NET Bible
O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)

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

English Revised Version
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah

Young's Literal Translation
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
















Cross References
Esther 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Psalm 66:7
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Psalm 112:10
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 140:7
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Psalm 140:6
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

Psalm 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Psalm 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 140:10
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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