Psalm 10:3

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Summary

Psalm 10:3

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

Boasteth

And blesseth, etc

Whom

Abhorreth

Psalm 5:6

Leviticus 26:30

Deuteronomy 32:19

General references

1 Samuel 23:21

Bible References

Boasteth

Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye, hath seen!

As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,

Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of GOD, lasteth all the day.

They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;

They pour forth words , they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

Said the fee - I will pursue - overtake divide spoil, - Take her fill of them - shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out - shall my hand.

But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, - For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;

Whom, hast thou reproached and insulted? And, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? Yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel.

Come now! ye that say - Today or To-morrow, we will journey unto this city here, and will spend there a year, and will trade and get gain, -

And blesseth, etc

Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands!

and so it come to pass while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart - saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on, - so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst:

Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh, - because ye have taken pity upon me.

If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!

They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.

A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.

Whose, buyers, slay them, and are not held guilty, and whose, sellers, say - Blessed be Yahweh, that I am become rich, And so, their own shepherds, have no pity upon them.

and will say to my soul - Soul! thou hast many good things lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,be making merry!

Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition,

For men will be - fond of themselves, fond of money, ostentatious, arrogant, defamers, to parents, unyielding, unthankful, unkind,

Be not loving the world, nor yet the things that are in the world: if anyone be loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Whom

Because of his iniquitous gain, was I wroth - and smote him Hiding myself that I might be wroth, - But he went on turning aside in the way of his own heart.

Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!

Even yet, are there, in the house of the lawless one, the treasures of lawlessness, - and the scant measure - accurst?

Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house, - that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity.

and said - What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

And he said unto them - Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one's abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.

Now the Pharisees, who were, lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were openly sneering at him.

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners - shall inherit, God's kingdom.

For, this, ye know, if ye take note - that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

Make dead, therefore, your members that are on the earth - as regardeth fornication, impurity, passion, base coveting, and greed, the which, is idolatry, -

But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -

Abhorreth

Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, - The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

And I will destroy your high places And cut down your sun-pillars, And cast your caresses upon the calluses of your manufactured gods, - Thus shall my soul abhor you.

When Yahweh, he derided, - Because his sons and his daughters gave pro-vocation.

General references

Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh, - because ye have taken pity upon me.