Psalms:49

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* &lt ;&lt ;To the Overcomer , A Psalm for the sons of Korah .&gt ;&gt ; Hear this , all [ye ] people ; give ear , all [ye ] inhabitants of the world : * Both low and high , rich and poor , together . * My mouth shall speak wisdom ; and the meditation of my heart intelligence . * I will incline mine ear to a parable ; I will declare my enigma upon the harp . * Why should I fear in the days of adversity [when ] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about ? * Those that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches ; * none [of them ] can by any means ransom his brother , nor give God an atonement for him ; * (for the redemption of their soul [is ] of great price , and they shall never pay [it ]) * that he should still live for ever [and ] not see corruption . * For he sees [that ] all the wise men die , likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others . * Their inward thought [is ] [that ] their houses are eternal [and ] their dwelling places to all generations ; they call [their ] lands after their own names . * Nevertheless man will not abide [forever ] in honour ; he is like the beasts [that ] are cut off . * This their way [is ] their folly ; yet their posterity approve their sayings . Selah . * Like sheep they are laid in Sheol ; death shall feed on them , and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning , and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling . * Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol when he shall take me . Selah . * Be not thou afraid when one is made rich , when the glory of his house is increased ; * for in his death he shall carry nothing away ; nor shall his glory descend after him . * Though while he lives , his life shall be blessed : and [men ] will praise thee when thou art prosperous . * He shall enter into the generation of his fathers ; they shall never see light forever . * Man [that is ] in honour that does not understand is like the beasts [that ] are cut off .:

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