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Psalms 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 62:11.

אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּבְטְח֣וּtivtechvbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be bold”, a wish or indirect commandH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.בְעֹשֶׁק֮veosheqin cruellyעֹשֶׁקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in cruelly”, the ordinary formH6233injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gaincruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).וּבְגָזֵ֪לuvegazeland in robberyגָּזֵלconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in robbery”, the ordinary formH1498robbery, or (concretely) plunderrobbery, thing taken away by violence.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּtehbalvbe vainהָבַלverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be vain”, a wish or indirect commandH1891to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astraybe (become, make) vain.חַ֤יִלchayilarmyחַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “army”, the ordinary formH2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthable, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יָנ֑וּבyanuvmake cheerfulנוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “make cheerful”, an unfinished actionH5107to germinate, i.e. (figuratively) to (causatively, make) flourish; also (of words), to utterbring forth (fruit), make cheerful, increase.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תָּשִׁ֥יתוּtashitvapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “apply”, a wish or indirect commandH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.לֵֽבlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(62-11) Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon .

Young’s Literal Translation

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth — when it increaseth — set not the heart.

World English Bible

Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

Darby Translation

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

Douay-Rheims

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(62-11) Trust not in oppression, and put not vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἐλπίζετε ἐπʼ ἀδικίαν, καὶ ἐπὶ ἁρπάγματα μὴ ἐπιποθεῖτε· πλοῦτος ἐὰν ῥέῃ, μὴ προστίθεσθε καρδίαν.