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1 — Hear this, all ye people;
give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

2 — Both low and high,
rich and poor, together.

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

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

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

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

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

8 — (For the redemption of their soul is precious,
and it ceaseth for ever:)

9 — That he should still live for ever,
and not see corruption.

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

11 — 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.

12 — Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not:
he is like the beasts that perish.

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

14 — Like 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.

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

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

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

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

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

20 — Man that is in honour, and understandeth not,
is like the beasts that perish.