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For these men brag of all their evil lusts; they revile God and congratulate those the Lord abhors, whose only goal in life is money.

These wicked men, so proud and haughty, seem to think that God is dead.[a] They wouldn’t think of looking for him! Yet there is success in everything they do, and their enemies fall before them. They do not see your punishment awaiting them.

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  1. Psalm 10:4 that God is dead, literally, “that there is no God.”

He boasts(A) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(B)
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(C)
His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by[a] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.

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  1. Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

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For the wicked (A)boasts of his heart’s desire;
[a]He (B)blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
[b]God is in none of his (C)thoughts.

His ways [c]are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

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  1. Psalm 10:3 Or The greedy man curses and spurns the Lord
  2. Psalm 10:4 Or All his thoughts are, “There is no God”
  3. Psalm 10:5 Lit. are strong

For the wicked (A)boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain (B)curses[a] and (C)renounces the Lord.
In the pride of his face[b] the wicked does not (D)seek him;[c]
    all his thoughts are, (E)“There is no God.”
His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, (F)out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he (G)puffs at them.

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  1. Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
  2. Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
  3. Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”