Verse List for PSA 140:8

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

B I ◄ ← Psa 140:8 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Yahweh, don’t let the wicked get what they want. ⇔ Don’t allow their evil plans to succeed, or let them attack. (Instrumental break.)

OET-LV [fn] do _not grant Oh_YHWH the_desires _of the_wicked plan _of_his do _not cause _to _accomplish they _will _arise Şelāh.

ULT ⇔  Do not grant, Yahweh, the desires of the wicked; ⇔  do not bring forth his plot, lest they rise up. Selah

UST ⇔  Yahweh, do not give wicked people what they want; ⇔  do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

BSB & MSB Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; ⇔  do not promote their evil plans, ⇔  [lest] they be exalted. Selah

OEB Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; ⇔  and what they have purposed, promote you not.’ Selah

WEBBE & WMBB LORD, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. ⇔  Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

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

LSV Do not grant, O YHWH, the desires of the wicked,
Do not bring forth his wicked scheme,
They are high. Selah.

FBV God, don't allow the wicked to get what they want—don't let them be successful in what they plan so they don't become proud. Selah.

T4T Yahweh, do allow wicked people to do the things that they desire, ⇔  and do not allow them to do the evil things that they plan to do.
⇔  (Think about that!)

LEB • Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked.
• Do not allow them to attain their[fn] plan, lest they be exalted. Selah

BBE O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)

Moff let not ungodly men have their desires, ⇔  let not their plots succeed!”

JPS (140-9) Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah

ASV Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; ⇔ Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah

DRA But o to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

YLT Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

Drby Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

RV Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah
(Grant not, Oh LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah)

SLT Thou wilt not give, O Jehovah, the desires of the unjust one: thou wilt not bring forth his device; they will be lifted up. Silence.

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

KJB-1769 ⇔  Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.[fn]
( ⇔  Grant not, Oh LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God: bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude. Selah.
(Grant not unto the ungodly his desires Oh God: bring not to pass his mischievous imagination lest they should be made to proud. Selah.)

Gnva Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. Selah.
(Let not the wicked have his desire, Oh Lord: perform not his wicked thought, least they be proud. Selah.)

Cvdl Let not ye vngodly haue his desyre (o LORDE) let him not haue his purpose, lest they be to proude.
(Let not ye/you_all ungodly have his desire (o LORD) let him not have his purpose, lest they be to proud.)

Wycl for myn iyen ben to thee, Y hopide in thee; take thou not awei my soule.
(for mine eyes been to thee/you, I hoped in thee/you; take thou/you not away my soul.)

Luth HErr HErr, meine starke Hilfe, du beschirmest mein Haupt zur Zeit des Streits.
(LORD LORD, my strength help(n), you(sg) shield(v) my head to/for time/period the battles.)

ClVg Quia ad te, Domine, Domine, oculi mei; in te speravi, non auferas animam meam.[fn]
(Because to you(sg), Master, Master, eyes my/mine; in/into/on you(sg) I_hoped, not/no take_away the_soul of_mine.)

UHB 9 אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥⁠וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι πρὸς σὲ, Κύριε Κύριε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐπὶ σοὶ ἤλπισα, μὴ ἀντανέλῃς τὴν ψυχήν μου.

BrTr For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.