Psalms 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous hath

Than the abundance of many wicked. (R.V.)

Abundance, lit. tumult(a different word from that in Psalms 37:11), suggests the idea of noisy, ostentatious opulence. Cp. Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8; and Tob 12:8; "a little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness." The P.B.V. great riches of the ungodlyfollows the LXX, Vulg. and Jer.: but the present Heb. text cannot be so rendered.