Verse 8

Grant{H5414}{(H8799)} not, O LORD{H3068}, the desires{H3970} of the wicked{H7563}: further{H6329}{(H8686)} not his wicked device{H2162}; lest they exalt{H7311}{(H8799)} themselves. Selah{H5542}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not{H3884} that I feared{H1481}{(H8799)} the wrath{H3708} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, lest their adversaries{H6862} should behave themselves strangely{H5234}{(H8762)}, and lest they should say{H559}{(H8799)}, Our hand{H3027} is high{H7311}{(H8804)}, and the LORD{H3068} hath not done{H6466}{(H8804)} all this.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 And one told{H5046}{(H8689)} David{H1732}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Ahithophel{H302} is among the conspirators{H7194}{(H8802)} with Absalom{H53}. And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068}, I pray thee, turn the counsel{H6098} of Ahithophel{H302} into foolishness{H5528}{(H8761)}.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He disappointeth{H6565}{(H8688)} the devices{H4284} of the crafty{H6175}, so that their hands{H3027} cannot perform{H6213}{(H8799)} their enterprise{H8454}. 13 He taketh{H3920}{(H8802)} the wise{H2450} in their own craftiness{H6193}: and the counsel{H6098} of the froward{H6617}{(H8737)} is carried headlong{H4116}{(H8737)}.
  • Ps 10:2-3 : 2 The wicked{H7563} in his pride{H1346} doth persecute{H1814}{(H8799)} the poor{H6041}: let them be taken{H8610}{(H8735)} in the devices{H4209} that{H2098} they have imagined{H2803}{(H8804)}. 3 For the wicked{H7563} boasteth{H1984}{(H8765)} of his heart's{H5315} desire{H8378}, and blesseth{H1288}{(H8765)} the covetous{H1214}{(H8802)}, whom the LORD{H3068} abhorreth{H5006}{(H8765)}.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} me not over unto the will{H5315} of mine enemies{H6862}: for false{H8267} witnesses{H5707} are risen up{H6965}{(H8804)} against me, and such as breathe out{H3307} cruelty{H2555}.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne{H3678} of iniquity{H1942} have fellowship{H2266}{H8792)} with thee, which frameth{H3335}{H8802)} mischief{H5999} by a law{H2706}? 21 They gather themselves together{H1413}{(H8799)} against the soul{H5315} of the righteous{H6662}, and condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}.