8 lGrant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their1 evil plot, or mthey will be exalted! Selah
[1] 140:8
13 wFor he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
16 ‘It is because the Lord ewas not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’