Psalms 140:8

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Psalms 140:8


← Psalms 140:7 Psalms 140:8 (KJV) Psalms 140:9 →
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

GrantH5414 not, O LORDH3068, the desiresH3970 of the wickedH7563: furtherH6329 not his wicked deviceH2162; lest they exaltH7311 themselves. SelahH5542.


Original Hebrew

אַל־תִּתֵּן יְהוָה מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע זְמָמֹו אַל־תָּפֵק יָרוּמוּ סֶלָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אַל
'al- H408 HTn may not
תִּתֵּ֣ן
ti.Ten H5414 HVqj2ms you grant
יְ֭הוָה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp O Yahweh
מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י
ma.'a.vai.Yei H3970 HNcmpc (the) desires of
רָשָׁ֑ע
ra.Sha' H7563 HAamsa (the) wicked
זְמָמ֥/וֹ
ze.ma.M/o H2162 HNcmsc/Sp3ms plot/ his
אַל
'al- H408 HTn may not
תָּ֝פֵ֗ק
ta.Fek H6329 HVhj2ms you promote
יָר֥וּמוּ
ya.Ru.mu H7311 HVqi3mp they will arise
סֶֽלָה
Se.lah H5542 HTj Selah
Strong's References
  • H2162 — זָמָם (zâmâm, zaw-mawm'): from זָמַם (zâmam) H2161; a plot; wicked device.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3970 — מַאֲוַי (maʼăvay, mah-av-ah'ee): from אָוָה (ʼâvâh) H183; a desire; desire.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה (çâlâh) H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
  • H6329 — פּוּק (pûwq, pook): a primitive root (identical with פּוּק (pûwq) H6328 through the idea of dropping out; compare נְפַק (nᵉphaq) H5312); to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed; afford, draw out, further, get, obtain.
  • H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
  • H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע (râshaʻ) H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (5): Psalms 30:1, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 35:25, Psalms 41:2, Lamentations 1:9

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