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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, ¹² Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; 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; ¹⁶ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah¹⁷ 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.