Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGrant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. [Selah
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.
Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.