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Text -- Psalms 140:8 (NET)

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140:8 O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)
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 · Selah a musical notation for crescendo or emphasis by action (IBD)


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wicked | Prayer | POISON | Manaen | FURTHER; FURTHERANCE | David | Afflictions and Adversities | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Psa 140:8 - -- (Compare Psa 37:12; Psa 66:7).

(Compare Psa 37:12; Psa 66:7).

JFB: Psa 140:8 - -- Or, they will be exalted if permitted to prosper.

Or, they will be exalted if permitted to prosper.

Clarke: Psa 140:8 - -- Further not his wicked device - He knew his enemies still desired his death, and were plotting to accomplish it; and here he prays that God may disa...

Further not his wicked device - He knew his enemies still desired his death, and were plotting to accomplish it; and here he prays that God may disappoint and confound them. The Chaldee understands this of Doeg.

Calvin: Psa 140:8 - -- 8.Grant not, O Jehovah! the desires of the wicked 228 We might render the words Establish not, though the meaning would be the same — that God wou...

8.Grant not, O Jehovah! the desires of the wicked 228 We might render the words Establish not, though the meaning would be the same — that God would restrain the desires of the wicked, and frustrate all their aims and attempts. We see from this that it is in his power, whenever he sees proper, to frustrate the unprincipled designs of men, and their wicked expectations, and to dash their schemes. When, therefore, it is found impracticable to bring our enemies to a right state of mind, we are to pray that the devices which they have imagined may be immediately overthrown and thwarted. In the next clause there is more ambiguity. As the Hebrew verb פוק , puk, means to lead out, as well as to strike or fall, the words might mean, that God would not carry out into effect the counsels of the wicked. But the opinion of those may be correct who read — their thought is thou wilt not strike, David representing such hopes as the wicked are wont to entertain. We find him elsewhere (Psa 10:6) describing their pride in a similar way, in entirely overlooking a divine providence, and considering all events as subject to their control, and the world placed under their sole management. The word which follows with thus come in appropriately — they shall be lifted up, in illusion to the wicked being inflated by pride, through the idea that they can never be overtaken by adversity. If the other reading be preferred, the negative particle must be considered as repeated — “Suffer not their attempts to be carried into effect; let them not be exalted.” At any rate David is to be considered as censuring the security of his enemies, in making no account of God, and in surrendering themselves to unbridled license.

TSK: Psa 140:8 - -- Grant not : Psa 27:12, Psa 94:20, Psa 94:21; 2Sa 15:31; Job 5:12, Job 5:13 lest they exalt themselves : or, let them not be exalted, Deu 32:27

Grant not : Psa 27:12, Psa 94:20, Psa 94:21; 2Sa 15:31; Job 5:12, Job 5:13

lest they exalt themselves : or, let them not be exalted, Deu 32:27

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 140:8 - -- Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked - That is, in the matter under consideration. Let them not accomplish their desire in my destructi...

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked - That is, in the matter under consideration. Let them not accomplish their desire in my destruction. Let them not succeed in their designs against me. The prayer, however, "may"be used more generally. It is proper to pray that the desires of the wicked, as wicked people, may not be granted to them; that they may "not"be successful in their purposes. Success in such desires would be only an injury to themselves and to the world. It is proper to pray that the purposes of the wicked may be defeated, and that they may be led to abandon their designs and to seek better ends. For this, in fact, we always pray when we pray for their conversion.

Further not his wicked device - His purpose against me.

Lest they exalt themselves - Lest they attribute it to their own skill, wisdom, or valor, and lest they pride themselves on their success. To succeed in a righteous cause makes a man humble and grateful; in a bad cause, proud, and forgetful of God. The margin here is, "Let them not be exalted."The meaning is, that success would at the same time elate them in their own estimation, and increase their bad influence in the world. It is, on every account, a benevolent prayer that wicked people may "not"be successful in their plans of iniquity.

Poole: Psa 140:8 - -- His wicked device which is to destroy me. Exalt themselves not only against me, but against thee also, as if by their power and policy they had fru...

His wicked device which is to destroy me.

Exalt themselves not only against me, but against thee also, as if by their power and policy they had frustrated thy design and promise made to me.

Gill: Psa 140:8 - -- Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked,.... Of Doeg, as the Targum, and of other wicked men, who were desirous both of taking him, and of taking...

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked,.... Of Doeg, as the Targum, and of other wicked men, who were desirous both of taking him, and of taking away his life: but the desires of such men are under the restraints of the Lord; nor can they fulfil them unless they have leave from him, which is here deprecated. The psalmist entreats he might not be delivered up to their will, or they have their will of him; see Psa 27:12. Jarchi interprets it of Esau, as in Psa 140:1; and it is applicable enough to antichrist and his wicked followers; who, could they have their desires, would root the Gospel, and the interest of Christ and his people, out of the world;

further not his wicked device: or, "let not his wicked device come forth" l, or proceed to execution, or be brought to perfection; let him be disappointed in it, that he may not be able to perform his enterprise, or execute his designs; which cannot be done without the divine permission. The Rabbins, as Jarchi and others, render it, "let not his bridle come out" m; the bridle out of his jaws, with which he was held by the Lord, and restrained from doing his will; let him not be left to his liberty, and freed from the restraints of divine Providence; see Isa 37:29;

lest they exalt themselves. Grow proud, haughty, and insolent to God and man; see Deu 32:27. Or, "let them not be exalted" n; upon the ruin of me and my friends.

Selah; on this word; see Gill on Psa 3:2.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 140:8 Heb “his plot do not promote, they rise up.” The translation understands the final verb as being an unmarked temporal clause. Another opti...

Geneva Bible: Psa 140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: ( f ) further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah. ( f ) For it is in God's hand...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 140:1-13 - --1 David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg.8 He prays against them.12 He comforts himself by confidence in God.

MHCC: Psa 140:8-13 - --Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themsel...

Matthew Henry: Psa 140:8-13 - -- Here is the believing foresight David had, I. Of the shame and confusion of persecutors. 1. Their disappointment. This he prays for (Psa 140:8), tha...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 140:6-8 - -- Such is the conduct of his enemies; he, however, prays to his God and gets his weapons from beside Him. The day of equipment is the day of the crisi...

Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150 There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 140:1-13 - --Psalm 140 David prayed for God to frustrate his enemies' attempts to trip him up with confidence that Go...

Constable: Psa 140:8-10 - --2. Imprecation on enemies 140:9-11 David's request in verse 9 contrasts with his testimony in ve...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 140 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 140:1, David prays to be delivered from Saul and Doeg; Psa 140:8, He prays against them; Psa 140:12, He comforts himself by confidenc...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 140 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by David upon occasion of those slanderous and reproachful speeches and treacherous dealings which David had f...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 140 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 140:1-7) David encourages himself in God. (Psa 140:8-13) He prays for, and prophesies the destruction of, his persecutors.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 140 (Chapter Introduction) This and the four following psalms are much of a piece, and the scope of them the same with many that we met with in the beginning and middle of th...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 140 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 140 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm, A ben Ezra says, was composed by David before he was king; and Kimch...

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