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Psalms 140:8

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O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.	Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.	[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Grant^H5414 not, O LORD^H3068, the desires^H3970 of the wicked^H7563: further^H6329 not his wicked device^H2162; lest they exalt^H7311 themselves. Selah^H5542.

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Original Hebrew

יְהֹוִה אֲדֹנָי עֹז יְשׁוּעָתִי סַכֹּתָה לְרֹאשִׁי בְּיֹום נָשֶׁק׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יְהֹוִ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3069	HNp	O Yahweh
אֲ֭דֹנָ/י	'A.do.nai	H136	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	O Lord
עֹ֣ז	'oz	H5797	HNcmsc	(the) strength of
יְשׁוּעָתִ֑/י	ye.shu.'a.T/i	H3444	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	salvation/ my
סַכֹּ֥תָה	sa.Ko.tah	H5526	HVqp2ms	you cover
לְ֝/רֹאשִׁ֗/י	le./ro.Sh/i	H7218	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	(to)/ head/ my
בְּ/י֣וֹם	be./Yom	H3117	HR/Ncmsc	in/ a day of
נָֽשֶׁק	Na.shek	H5402	HNcmsa	weaponry

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2162 — זָמָם (zâmâm, zaw-mawm'): from זָמַם; a plot; wicked device.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3970 — מַאֲוַי (maʼăvay, mah-av-ah'ee): from אָוָה; a desire; desire.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5542 — סֶלָה (çelâh, seh'-law): from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.
• H6329 — פּוּק (pûwq, pook): a primitive root (identical with פּוּק through the idea of dropping out; compare נְפַק); to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed; afford, draw out, further, get, obtain.
• H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
• H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H136 — אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'): an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.
• H3069 — יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, yeh-ho-vee'): a variation of יְהֹוָה (used after אֲדֹנָי, and pronounced by Jews as אֱלֹהִים, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce יְהֹוָה as אֲדֹנָי); {YHWH}; God.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3444 — יְשׁוּעָה (yᵉshûwʻâh, yesh-oo'-aw): feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity; deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
• H5402 — נֶשֶׁק (nesheq, neh'-shek): or נֵשֶׁק; from נָשַׁק; military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenal; armed men, armour(-y), battle, harness, weapon.
• H5526 — סָכַךְ (çâkak, saw-kak'): or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect; cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
• H5797 — עֹז (ʻôz, oze): or (fully) עוֹז; from עָזַז; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise); boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Grant not — 2 Samuel 15:31, Job 5:12-13, Psalms 27:12, Psalms 94:20-21
• lest they exalt themselves — Deuteronomy 32:27

Reciprocal references (5): Psalms 30:1, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 35:25, Psalms 41:2, Lamentations 1:9

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• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES

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