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¹To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:⇆ compare

²Both low and high, rich and poor, together.⇆ compare

³My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.⇆ compare

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

⁵Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?⇆ compare

⁶They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;⇆ compare

⁷None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:⇆ compare

⁸(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever: )⇆ compare

⁹That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.⇆ compare

¹⁰For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.⇆ compare

¹¹Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.⇆ compare

¹²Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.⇆ compare

¹³This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.⇆ compare

¹⁴Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.⇆ compare

¹⁵But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.⇆ compare

¹⁶Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;⇆ compare

¹⁷For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.⇆ compare

¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.⇆ compare

¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.⇆ compare

²⁰Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.⇆ compare