For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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Verse 3 is found in chapter 10 of Psalms. Psalm 10 begins with the unsettling experience that God seems distant while the wicked prosper. The text describes in detail the arrogance, exploitation, and violence of the one who thinks God will not intervene. Yet the prayer ends by affirming that the Lord does see affliction and sustains the orphan and the oppressed. The psalm thus turns the initial protest into a confession that the apparent absence of justice does not mean an absence of divine knowledge.
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Denn der Gottlose rühmt sich seines Mutwillens, und der Geizige sagt dem HERRN ab und lästert ihn.
Por cuanto se alaba el malo del deseo de su alma, Y bendice al codicioso o quien Jehová aborrece.
Porque el malvado se jacta de los deseos de su alma, bendice al codicioso y desprecia a Jehová.
Car le méchant se glorifie de sa convoitise, Et le ravisseur outrage, méprise l'Eternel.
Perciocchè l’empio si gloria de’ desiderii dell’anima sua; E benedice l’avaro, e dispetta il Signore.
Porque o ímpio gloria-se do desejo da sua alma; bendiz ao avarento, e renuncia ao SENHOR.
因為惡人以自己的心願自誇, 貪財的背棄耶和華,並且輕慢他 。
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