- To him that excelleth.
A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah.
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- Heare this, all ye people: giue eare, all ye that dwell in the world,
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- As well lowe as hie, both rich and poore.
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- My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.
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- I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.
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- Wherefore should I feare in the euil dayes, when iniquitie shal compasse me about, as at mine heeles?
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- They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.
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- Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,
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- (So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer)
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- That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.
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- For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.
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- Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.
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- But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.
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- This their way vttereth their foolishnes: yet their posteritie delite in their talke.
Selah.
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- Like sheepe they lie in graue: death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.
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- But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of the graue: for he will receiue me.
Selah.
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- Be not thou afrayd when one is made rich, and when the glory of his house is increased.
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- For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.
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- For while he liued, he reioyced himselfe: and men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.
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- He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.
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- Man is in honour, and vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish.
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