Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 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 frustrated thy design and promise made to me.
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.
Verse Psalms 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 disappoint and confound them. The _...
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...
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...
WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ Singular. App-44. The same word as in Psalms 140:4. WICKED DEVICE. devices or plots. Occurs only here....
Appeal to Jehovah, the Helper in time of need....
_further not his_evil _device_ Suffer it not to issue in success. lest _they exalt themselves_ The construction is harsh, whether we render thus, or, -for then _will they exalt themselves_," and prob...
FURTHER NOT HIS WICKED DEVICE— Or, as the original may be rendered, _Permit not his wicked device to go forward,_ or _be advanced:_ so the prayer is, not so much that God would not give him good succe...
PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. GRANT NOT, O LORD, THE DESIRES OF THE WICKED - against me and my race (). FURTHER N...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ POISON! PSALMS 140 Jesus said, "Children of *vipers, how can you say anything that is good? You are *evil people" ...
DESIRES. — The form of the Hebrew word is anomalous, but the meaning certain. The LXX. and Vulg. give the first clause thus: “Give me not over to the enemy, by reason of their own desire;” which may p...
_[Psalms 140:9]_ אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע...
Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...
CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who al...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
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 to overthrow the counsels and enterprises of the wick...
This is a blessed appeal to the Lord! Where shall an exercised soul go in his affliction, but to a throne of grace? And how sure shall be the Lord's condemnation of the ungodly, when the cry of the su...
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 frust...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
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 un...
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah. Ver. 8. _Grant not, O Lord, &c._] For if they should be _votorum compotes,_ masters o...
_Hear the voice of my supplication_ The more malice appears in our enemies against us, and the greater efforts they use to injure us, the more earnest ought we to be in prayer to God, after the exampl...
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM MALICIOUS ENEMIES. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a ferve...
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked, by which he intends to destroy the believers; FURTHER NOT HIS WICKED DEVICE, so that his plans meet with success; (LEST) THEY EXALT THEMSELVES. SELAH....
LEST THEY EXALT THEMSELVES: Or, let them not be exalted...
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 themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengea...
Psalms 140:8 grant H5414 (H8799) LORD H3068 desires H3970 wicked H7563 further H6329 (H8686) scheme H2162 exalted...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He there...
CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...
_Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked._ THE DESIRES OF THE WICKED INADMISSIBLE I. Some of the desires of the wicked. 1. That there is no God. They dare not submit their conduct to Divine ins...
_Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man._ GOD PRESERVES HIS SERVANT To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of Wartbur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:6 The right response to such danger is to reaffirm trust in God and to ask him for help. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4,
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. T...
2 Samuel 15:31; Deuteronomy 32:27; Job 5:12; Job 5:13; Psalms 27:12;...