- 1. <For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.><br>
Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, - 2. both low and high, rich and poor together.
- 3. My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
- 4. I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
- 5. Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- 6. Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
- 7. none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
- 8. For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
- 9. That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
- 10. For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- 11. Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
- 12. But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
- 13. This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
- 14. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
- 15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
- 16. Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
- 17. For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
- 18. Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--
- 19. he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- 20. A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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