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| 1 To the Overseer. By sons of Korah. A Psalm. |
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| Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. |
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| 2 Both low and high, together rich and needy. |
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| 3 My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding. |
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| 4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: |
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| 5 Why do I fear in days of evil The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me. |
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| 6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. |
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| 7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. |
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| 8 And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased to the age. |
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| 9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. |
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| 10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth. |
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| 11 Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. |
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| 12 And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off. |
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| 13 This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah. |
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| 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 [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him. |
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| 15 Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah. |
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| 16 Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant, |
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| 17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him. |
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| 18 For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.) |
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| 19 It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light. |
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| 20 Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off! |
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