Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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Gill's Exposition
Trust not in oppression,.... Either in the power of oppressing others; see Isa 30:12; or in riches gotten by oppression, which being put into a man's hand by his friend, he keeps, and will not return…
Barnes' Notes
Trust not in oppression - The general meaning here is, that we are not to trust in anything but God. In the previous verse the psalmist had stated reasons why we should not trust in men of any rank.…
Here we have David's exhortation to others to trust in God and wait upon him, as he had done. Those that have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves will invite others into those ways; there…
Cambridge Bible
The first two lines (cp. Psa 62:62 a, 11 a, b) are a rhythmical division of what is logically one sentence: put not vain trust in oppression and robbery." Do not rely, for you will only be deceived,…
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