⁹ The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,^(A) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;^(B)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’

¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth^(A) of many wicked;

¹³ we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴ cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot^(A)”—

¹⁶ Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.^(A)

¹⁷ Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.^(B)

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain^(A) with injustice.^(B)