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1 - Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

2 - both low and high, rich and poor together.

3 - My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

4 - I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

5 - Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

6 - Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

7 - none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

8 - For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

9 - That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

10 - For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11 - Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

12 - But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

13 - This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

14 - They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

15 - But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

16 - Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

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

18 - Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

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

20 - A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.