- 1. To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
- 2. Both low and high, together rich and needy.
- 3. My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart `are' things of understanding.
- 4. I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
- 5. Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
- 6. Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
- 7. A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
- 8. And precious `is' the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
- 9. And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
- 10. For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
- 11. Their heart `is': Their houses `are' to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
- 12. And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
- 13. This their way `is' folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
- 14. As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form `is' for consumption. Sheol `is' a dwelling for him.
- 15. Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
- 16. Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
- 17. For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
- 18. For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
- 19. It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
- 20. Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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