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1 - Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

2 - Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

3 - My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

4 - I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

5 - Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

6 - They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

7 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him

8 - (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

9 - That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

10 - For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

11 - Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

12 - But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

13 - This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

14 - They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

15 - But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah

16 - Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:

17 - For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

18 - Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

19 - He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

20 - Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.