Psalms 62 · Verse 10

Psalms 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalms 62:10, King James Version

Psalms 62:10 in other translations

BSBPlace no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
WEBDon’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.
ASVTrust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
YLTTrust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth--when it increaseth--set not the heart.
DARBYPut not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
BBEHave no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
WebsterTrust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

What does Psalms 62:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. Not only are oppression and robbery, which are wicked means of wealth, no grounds of boasting; but even wealth, increasing lawfully, ought not to engross the heart.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Trust not in oppression - Do not suppose that my unnatural son and his partisans can succeed. Become not vain in robbery - If ye have laid your hands on the spoils of my house, do not imagine that these ill-gotten riches will prosper. God will soon scatter them to all the winds of heaven. All oppressors come to an untimely end; and all property acquired by injustice has God's curse on it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 62:8-12

Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust wholly in God. We must so trust in him at all times, as not at any time to put that trust in ourselves, or in any creature, which is to be put in him only. Trust in him to guide us when in doubt, to protect us when in danger…

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Psalms 62:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּבְטְח֣וּtiv.te.Chuyou trustH982
בְעֹשֶׁק֮ve.'o.Shekin extortionH6233
וּבְגָזֵ֪לu.ve.ga.Zeland in robberyH1498
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּteh.Ba.luyou put vain hopeH1891
חַ֤יִל\׀Cha.yilwealthH2428
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יָנ֑וּבya.Nuvit will bear fruitH5107
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תָּשִׁ֥יתוּta.Shi.tuyou setH7896
לֵֽב\׃LevheartH3820

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Cross references for Psalms 62:10

  • 1 Timothy 6:17

    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Psalms 52:7

    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.

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • 1 Timothy 6:10

    For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  • Job 31:24-25

    If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

  • Isaiah 61:8

    For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

  • Deuteronomy 6:10-12

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Job 20:19

    Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Isaiah 30:12

    Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

  • Job 27:16-23

    Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. …

  • Job 20:29

    This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  • Luke 12:15-21

    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Trust.
Job 20:19,29; Isa 28:15; 30:12; 47:10; 59:4; Jer 13:25; 17:11
riches.
39:6; 52:7; De 6:10-12; 8:12-14; Job 27:16-23; 31:24,25; Mr 8:36,37
Mr 10:23; Lu 12:15-21; 1Ti 6:17
set.
91:14; Pr 23:5

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Context

  • Psalms 62:9

    Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  • Psalms 62:10

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

  • Psalms 62:11

    God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

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Psalms 62:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No confiéis en la violencia, ni en la rapiña; no os envanezcáis: si se aumentare la hacienda, no pongáis el corazón en ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les fils des gens du commun ne sont que vanité, les fils des grands ne sont que mensonge: placés dans la balance, ils montent ensemble plus légers que la vanité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Vertrauet nicht auf Erpressung, und setzet nicht eitle Hoffnung auf Raub; wenn der Reichtum wächst, so setzet euer Herz nicht darauf!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam: introibunt in inferiora terræ;