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1. Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 , A Psalm H4210 for the sons H1121 of Korah H7141 . Hear H8085 this H2063 , all H3605 ye people H5971 ; give ear H238 , all H3605 ye inhabitants H3427 of the world H2465 :
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2. High and low, rich and poor-- listen!
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2. Both H1571 low H120 and H1571 high H376 , rich H6223 and poor H34 , together H3162 .
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3. For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
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3. My mouth H6310 shall speak H1696 of wisdom H2454 ; and the meditation H1900 of my heart H3820 shall be of understanding H8394 .
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4. I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.
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4. I will incline H5186 mine ear H241 to a parable H4912 : I will open H6605 my dark saying H2420 upon the harp H3658 .
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5. Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?
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5. Wherefore H4100 should I fear H3372 in the days H3117 of evil H7451 , when the iniquity H5771 of my heels H6119 shall compass me about H5437 ?
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6. They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.
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6. They that trust H982 in H5921 their wealth H2428 , and boast themselves H1984 in the multitude H7230 of their riches H6239 ;
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7. Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
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7. None H3808 of them can by any means H6299 redeem H6299 his brother H251 , nor H3808 give H5414 to God H430 a ransom H3724 for him:
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8. Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough
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8. (For the redemption H6306 of their soul H5315 is precious H3365 , and it ceaseth H2308 forever H5769 :)
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9. to live forever and never see the grave.
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9. That he should still H5750 live H2421 forever H5331 , and not H3808 see H7200 corruption H7845 .
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10. Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.
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10. For H3588 he seeth H7200 that wise men H2450 die H4191 , likewise H3162 the fool H3684 and the brutish person H1198 perish H6 , and leave H5800 their wealth H2428 to others H312 .
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11. The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,
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11. Their inward thought H7130 is, that their houses H1004 shall continue forever H5769 , and their dwelling places H4908 to all generations H1755 H1755 ; they call H712 H5921 their lands H127 after their own names H8034 .
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12. but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals.
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12. Nevertheless man H120 being in honor H3366 abideth H3885 not H1077 : he is like H4911 the beasts H929 that perish H1820 .
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13. This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude
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13. This H2088 their way H1870 is their folly H3689 : yet their posterity H310 approve H7521 their sayings H6310 . Selah H5542 .
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14. Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.
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14. Like sheep H6629 they are laid H8371 in the grave H7585 ; death H4194 shall feed H7462 on them ; and the upright H3477 shall have dominion H7287 over them in the morning H1242 ; and their beauty H6697 shall consume H1086 in the grave H7585 from their dwelling H4480 H2073 .
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15. But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude
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15. But H389 God H430 will redeem H6299 my soul H5315 from the power H4480 H3027 of the grave H7585 : for H3588 he shall receive H3947 me. Selah H5542 .
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16. So don't be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid.
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16. Be not H408 thou afraid H3372 when H3588 one H376 is made rich H6238 , when H3588 the glory H3519 of his house H1004 is increased H7235 ;
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17. For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.
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17. For when H3588 he dieth H4194 he shall carry H3947 nothing H3808 H3605 away : his glory H3519 shall not H3808 descend H3381 after H310 him.
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18. In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success.
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18. Though H3588 while he lived H2416 he blessed H1288 his soul H5315 : and men will praise H3034 thee, when H3588 thou doest well H3190 to thyself.
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19. But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
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19. He shall go H935 to H5704 the generation H1755 of his fathers H1 ; they shall never H5704 H5331 H3808 see H7200 light H216 .
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20. People who boast of their wealth don't understand; they will die, just like animals. A psalm of Asaph.
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20. Man H120 that is in honor H3366 , and understandeth H995 not H3808 , is like H4911 the beasts H929 that perish H1820 .
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