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¹ TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all you peoples, || Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world.² Both low and high, together rich and needy.³ My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.⁴ I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:⁵ Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me.

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish.⁷ A brother ransoms no one at all, || He does not give to God his atonement.⁸ And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, || And it has ceased for all time.⁹ And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit.¹⁰ For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth to others.¹¹ Their heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands.¹² And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.¹³ This their way [is] folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.¹⁴ They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

¹⁵ Only, God ransoms my soul from the hand of Sheol, || For He receives me. Selah.¹⁶ Do not fear when one makes wealth, || When the glory of his house is abundant,¹⁷ For at his death he receives nothing, || His glory does not go down after him.¹⁸ For he blesses his soul in his life || (And they praise you when you do well for yourself).¹⁹ It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever.²⁰ Man in honor, who does not understand, || Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off!