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[1]<Tothe chiefe musition, a psalme of the children of Corach.> Heare this all ye people: geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde
[2]Aswell lowe as high: riche and poore, one with another
[3]Mymouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart [wyll bryng foorth] knowledge
[4]Iwyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe
[5]Wherforeshoulde I feare in euyll dayes? the wickednesse of my heeles [then] would compasse me round about
[6]Therebe some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches
[7]Butno man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym
[8](49:8a)For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer
[9](49:8b)yea though he lyue long and see not the graue
[10](49:9)For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other
[11](49:10)And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: [therfore] they call landes after their owne names
[12](49:11)Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in [such] honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe
[13](49:12)This their way is their foolishnesse: yet their posteritie prayse their saying. Selah
[14](49:13)They shalbe put into a graue [dead] as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell [shall receaue them] from their house
[15](49:14)But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell: for he wyll receaue me. Selah
[16](49:15)Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche: or yf the glorie of his house be encreased
[17](49:16)For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym
[18](49:17)For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man: and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe, men wyll speake good of thee
[19](49:18)But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght
[20](49:19)A man is in an honourable state, but he wyll not vnderstande it: he is lyke [herein] vnto bruite beastes that perishe
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