In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue their victims;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;(B)
the one who is greedy curses[a] and despises the Lord.(C)
In all his scheming,
the wicked person arrogantly thinks,[b]
“There’s no accountability,
since there’s no God.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:3 Or he blesses the greedy
  2. 10:4 Lit wicked according to the height of his nose

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
He boasts(B) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(C)
In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(D)

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