The wicked with pride doth persecute the poor; let them be taken in the crafts that they have imagined.

For the wicked hath [a]made boast of his own heart’s desire, and the covetous blesseth himself, he contemneth the Lord.

The wicked is so proud, that he seeketh not for God: he thinketh always, There is no God.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:3 The wicked man rejoiceth in his own lust, he boasteth when he hath that he would: he braggeth of his wit and wealth, and blesseth himself, and thus blasphemeth the Lord.

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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