- For the Chief Musician.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
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- Hear this, all ye peoples;
Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
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- Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
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- My mouth shall speak wisdom;
And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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- I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
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- They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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- None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
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- (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)
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- That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
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- For he shall see it.
Wise men die;
The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
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- Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.
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- But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
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- This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings.
Selah
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- 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.
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- But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;
For he will receive me.
Selah
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- Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
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- For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
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- Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)
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- He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see the light.
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- Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
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