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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. [Selah
[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. [Selah
[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.
[20] Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,
Is like the beasts that perish.
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