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¹ Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;² Both sons of the low, And sons of the high, - Together both rich and needy: - ³ My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:⁴ I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.⁵ Wherefore should I fear in the days of calamity, Though the iniquity of them who lie in wait for me should enclose me?

⁶ As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,⁷ A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:⁸ So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;⁹ That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.¹⁰ For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:¹¹ Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-biding, Their habitations, for generation after generation, - They give their own names unto lands!¹² But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word - Beasts, they resemble:¹³ This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.¹⁴ Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

¹⁵ But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. Selah.¹⁶ Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth;¹⁷ For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him;¹⁸ For, though, his own self - while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,¹⁹ He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.²⁰ A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.