Psalms 140:8 KJV
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 140:8, King James Version
In context
7 O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Cross-references
- Psalms 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.