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[For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.]
[1] Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:
[2] both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men; the rich and poor man together.
[3] My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding.
[4] I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.
[5] Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.
[6] They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—
[7] A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,
[8] or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,
[9] and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.
[10] When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.
[11] And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, even their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.
[12] And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
[13] This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.
[14] They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.
[15] But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.
[16] Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.
[17] For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.
[18] For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him.
[19] Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.
[20] Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
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