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aHear this, all peoples; Give ear, all binhabitants of the world,
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Both alow and high, Rich and poor together.
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My mouth will aspeak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be bunderstanding.
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I will incline my ear to aa proverb; bI will express my criddle on the harp.
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Why should I afear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,
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Even those who atrust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
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No man can by any means aredeem his brother Or give to God a bransom for him--
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For athe redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--
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That he should alive on eternally, That he should not bundergo decay.
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For he sees that even awise men die; The bstupid and the senseless alike perish And cleave their wealth to others.
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Their ainner thought is that their houses bare forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have ccalled their lands after their own names.
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But aman in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish.
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This is the away of those who are foolish, And of those after them who bapprove their words. Selah.
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As sheep they are appointed afor Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the bupright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol cto consume So that they have no habitation.
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But God will aredeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For bHe will receive me. Selah.
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Do not be afraid awhen a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;
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For when he dies he will acarry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.
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Though while he lives he acongratulates himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself--
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He shall ago to the generation of his fathers; They will never see bthe light.
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aMan in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is blike the beasts that perish.
