3-4 The wicked are windbags,
    the swindlers have foul breath.
The wicked snub God,
    their noses stuck high in the air.
Their graffiti are scrawled on the walls:
    “Catch us if you can!” “God is dead.”

5-6 They care nothing for what you think;
    if you get in their way, they blow you off.
They live (they think) a charmed life:
    “We can’t go wrong. This is our lucky year!”

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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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Footnotes

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