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10 Do not count on extortion to make you rich.
    Do not hope to gain anything through robbery.
    When riches increase, do not depend on them.

11 Elohim has spoken once.
    I have heard it said twice:
        “Power belongs to Elohim.
12 Mercy belongs to you, O Adonay.
    You reward a person based on what he has done.”

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10 Do not trust in extortion(A)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(B)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(C)

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

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