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1 - To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

2 - Both low and high, together rich and needy.

3 - My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart <FI>are<Fi> things of understanding.

4 - I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

5 - Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

6 - Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

7 - A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

8 - And precious <FI>is<Fi> the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.

9 - And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

10 - For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

11 - Their heart <FI>is<Fi> : Their houses <FI>are<Fi> to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

12 - And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

13 - This their way <FI>is<Fi> folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

14 - As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form <FI>is<Fi> for consumption. Sheol <FI>is<Fi> a dwelling for him.

15 - Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

16 - Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

17 - For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

18 - For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

19 - It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

20 - Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!