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11 Do not trust in extortion;
    in plunder put no empty hope.
On wealth that increases,
    do not set your heart.(A)
12 [a]One thing God has said;
    two things I have heard:(B)
Strength belongs to God;

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Footnotes

  1. 62:12 One thing…two things: parallelism of numbers for the sake of variation, a common device in Semitic poetry. One should not literally add up the numbers, cf. Am 1:3; Prv 6:16–19; 30:15, 18, 21.

11 One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,(A)
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;(B)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”(C)

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