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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1
Hear this, all ye peoples;
Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
2
Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
3
My mouth shall speak wisdom;
And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4
I will incline mine ear to a
parable:
I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5
Wherefore should I fear in
the days of evil,
When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
6
They that trust in their
wealth,
And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7
None [of them] can by any
means redeem his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him;
8
(For the redemption of their
life is costly,
And it faileth for ever;)
9
That he should still live
alway,
That he should not see corruption.
10
For he shall see it. Wise men
die;
The fool and the brutish alike perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11
Their inward thought is,
[that] their houses [shall
continue] for ever,
[And] their dwelling-places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.
12
But man [being] in honor
abideth not:
He is like the beasts that perish.
13
This their way is their
folly:
Yet after them men approve their sayings.
14 They
are appointed as a flock for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
That there be no habitation for it.
15
But God will redeem my soul
from the power of Sheol;
For he will receive me.
16 Be
not thou afraid when one is made rich,
When the glory of his house is increased.
17
For when he dieth he shall
carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18
Though while he lived he
blessed his soul
(And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)
19
He shall go to the generation
of his fathers;
They shall never see the light.
2
0 Man that is in honor, and
understandeth not,
Is like the beasts that perish.