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