Psalms 140:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗י בְּי֣וֹם נָֽשֶׁק׃

Transliteration

YHWH ʾădonāy ʿoz yəšûʿātî sakkotāh to-rošî in-yôm nāšeq

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾădonāy*: plural noun with 1st person singular suffix (used as divine title) - my Lord
*ʿoz*: masculine singular construct noun - strength of
*yəšûʿātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation
*sakkotāh*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular verb - you covered/sheltered
*rošî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition lamed (for/to) - for my head
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - in day of
*nāšeq*: masculine singular noun - weapon/armor/battle

Word Meanings

*ʾădonāy*: my Lord/my Master
*ʿoz*: strength of/power of/might of
*yəšûʿātî*: my salvation/my deliverance
*sakkotāh*: you covered/you sheltered/you protected
*rošî*: my head/my chief part
*nāšeq*: weapon/armor/battle/warfare

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:27 : 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.
2 Sam 15:31 : 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.
Job 5:12-13 : 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Ps 10:2-3 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Ps 27:12 : 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 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship{H8792)} with thee, which frameth{H8802)} mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

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