491Hear this, all you peoples.Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,+2both low and high,rich and poor together.+3My mouth will speak words of wisdom.My heart shall utter understanding.+4I will incline my ear to a proverb.I will open my riddle on the harp.+5Why should I fear in the days of evil,when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?+6Those who trust in their wealth,and boast in the multitude of their riches—+7none of them can by any means redeem his brother,nor give God a ransom for him.+8For the redemption of their life is costly,no payment is ever enough,+9that he should live on forever,that he should not see corruption.+10For he sees that wise men die;likewise the fool and the senseless perish,and leave their wealth to others.+11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,and their dwelling places to all generations.They name their lands after themselves.+12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.He is like the animals that perish.+13This is the destiny of those who are foolish,and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.+14They 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.+15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,for he will receive me. Selah.+16Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,when the glory of his house is increased;+17for when he dies he will carry nothing away.His glory won’t descend after him.+18Though while he lived he blessed his soul—and men praise you when you do well for yourself—+19he shall go to the generation of his fathers.They shall never see the light.+20A man who has riches without understanding,is like the animals that perish.+Footnotes (3)
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