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| 1. | {For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, | Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. | Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: | ||
| 2. | both low and high, rich and poor together. | Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world. | Both low and high, rich and poor, together. | ||
| 3. | My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. | High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth. | My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. | ||
| 4. | I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp. | From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge. | I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. | ||
| 5. | Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? | I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music. | Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? | ||
| 6. | Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches-- | What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me? | 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 God a ransom for him. | Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. | None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: | ||
| 8. | For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, | Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; | (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) | ||
| 9. | That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. | (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) | That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. | ||
| 10. | For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. | So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld. | 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 will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. | For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others. | 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. | But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish. | The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands. | Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. | ||
| 13. | This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. | But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. | This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. | ||
| 14. | They are appointed as a flock for Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.}. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.}, far from their mansion. | This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.) | 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 Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.}, for he will receive me. Selah. | Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever. | But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. | ||
| 16. | Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. | But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.) | Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; | ||
| 17. | For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him. | Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased; | 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 praise you when you do well for yourself-- | For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. | 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 the light. | Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself, | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. | ||
| 20. | A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. | He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again. | Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. | ||