24 “If I have put my trust in gold(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(B)

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24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

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24 “If(A) I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

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those who trust in their wealth(A)
    and boast(B) of their great riches?(C)

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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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Those who (A)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,

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“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(A)
but trusted in his great wealth(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

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Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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“Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [a]wickedness.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense

28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

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28 (A)He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But (B)the righteous will flourish like foliage.

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