aHear this, all peoples; Give ear, all binhabitants of the world,
2Both alow and high, Rich and poor together.
3My mouth will aspeak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be bunderstanding.
4I will incline my ear to aa proverb; bI will 1express my criddle on the harp.
5Why should I afear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my 1foes surrounds me,
6Even those who atrust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
7No man can by any means aredeem his brother Or give to God a bransom for him--
8For athe redemption of 1his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--
9That he should alive on eternally, That he should not 1 bundergo decay.
10For he sees that even awise men die; The bstupid and the senseless alike perish And cleave their wealth to others.
11Their 1 ainner thought is that their houses bare forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have ccalled their lands after their own names.
12But aman in his 1pomp will not endure; He is like the 2beasts that 3perish.
13This is the away of those who are foolish, And of those after them who bapprove their words. 1Selah.
14As sheep they are appointed afor 1Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the bupright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for 1Sheol cto consume 2So that they have no habitation.
15But God will aredeem my soul from the 1power of 2Sheol, For bHe will receive me. Selah.
16Do not be afraid awhen a man becomes rich, When the 1glory of his house is increased;
17For when he dies he will acarry nothing away; His 1glory will not descend after him.
18Though while he lives he acongratulates 1himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself--
191He shall ago to the generation of his fathers; They will never see bthe light.
20aMan in his 1pomp, yet without understanding, Is blike the 2beasts that 3perish.