Salmos 140:8
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Context
This verse from Salmos Chapter 140 connects to 9 cross-references. El salmo 140 implora protección contra hombres violentos que afilan su lengua como serpiente y preparan lazos; el salmista confía en que el Señor hará justicia a los pobres y que los malvados caerán en sus propias redes.
Otras traducciones
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
Referencias cruzadas
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest …
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, …
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such …
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.