Psalm 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
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Psalm 27:12
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalm 94:20, 21
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally--one devising mischief by decree? . . .

2 Samuel 15:31
Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"

Job 5:12, 13
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. . . .

lest they exalt themselves.

Deuteronomy 32:27
if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: 'Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.'

Parallel Verses
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)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Lord Jehovah, do not grant the lust of the evil man and do not exalt his plot for my head.”
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