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Not only do wicked people boast
    because they get the things that they want.
They also praise robbers,
    and they curse the Lord.
Wicked people are too proud to worry about God.
    They think, ‘God will not give me any trouble.’
Often the wicked person seems to have success.
    He does not respect your commands, God.
    He laughs at all his enemies.

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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