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

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

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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

“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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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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Instructions to the Rich

17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain (A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things (B)to enjoy.

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17 Command those who are rich(A) in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,(B) which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,(C) who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(D)

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