[1]For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.[2]Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,[3]Both low and high, rich and poor together.[4]My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.[5]I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.[6]Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,[7]Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?[8]No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him—[9]For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever—[10]That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.[11]For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.[12]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.[13]But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.[14]This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah[15]Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.[16]But God will redeem my soul from the power nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah[17]Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;[18]For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.[19]Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';[20]It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.[21]Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.