Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Desire. If I yield to my passions, (St. Augustine) or after I have expressed my request, contrary to my desire Hebrew, "Grant not the desire of the sinner, complete not his thought. They will be elated. "Some supply, "lest they be. "The ancients seem not to have read in the same manner. (Berthier)
Abandon not my soul, which is all my care, (Psalm xxi. 21.) to the sinner. (Calmet)
