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^1 (b)Hear this, all peoples!
    Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
^2 (c)both low and high,
    rich and poor together!
³ My mouth shall speak ^(d)wisdom;
    the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
⁴ I will incline my ear to ^(e)a proverb;
    I will solve my ^(f)riddle to the music of the lyre.

^5 (g)Why should I fear in ^(h)times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
⁶ those who ⁽ⁱ⁾trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷ Truly no man ^(j)can ransom another,
    or ^(k)give to God ^(l)the price of his life,
⁸ for ^(m)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
⁹ that he should live on forever
    and ⁽ⁿ⁾never see the pit.

¹⁰ For he sees ^(o)that even the wise die;
    ^(p)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and ^(q)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^(r)graves are their homes forever,^[a]
    their dwelling places ^(s)to all generations,
    though they ^(t)called lands by their own names.
¹² Man in his pomp ^(u)will not remain;
    ^(v)he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the path of those who have ^(w)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[b] Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(x)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(y)Their form shall be consumed ^(z)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵ But God will ^(aa)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(ab)receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
^17 (ac)For when he dies he will ^(ad)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸ For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(ae)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ his soul will ^(af)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(ag)see light.
^20 (ah)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.