Psalm 140:8


“Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further their evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah.

Deuteronomy 32:27


Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’

2 Samuel 15:31

David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

Job 5:12-13


“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.

Psalm 10:2-3


In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 27:12


Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

Psalm 94:20-21


Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Lest they exalt themselves

Bible References

Grant not

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.
Psalm 94:20

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?
2 Samuel 15:31
David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Job 5:12

“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.

Lest they exalt themselves

Deuteronomy 32:27

Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’