- 0. 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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