Psalms:49

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* 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 of wisdom ; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding . * I will incline mine ear to a parable : I will open my dark saying upon the harp . * Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil , when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about ? * They that trust in their wealth , and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches ; * None of them can by any means redeem his brother , nor give to God a ransom for him : * (For the redemption of their soul is precious , and it ceaseth for ever :) * That he should still live for ever , and not see corruption . * For he seeth that wise men die , likewise the fool and the brutish person perish , and leave their wealth 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 . * Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not : he is like the beasts that perish . * This their way is their folly : yet their posterity approve their sayings . 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 . * But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me . Selah . * Be not thou afraid when one is made rich , when the glory of his house is increased ; * For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him . * Though while he lived he blessed his soul : and men will praise thee , when thou doest well to thyself . * He shall go to the generation of his fathers ; they shall never see light . * Man that is in honour , and understandeth not , is like the beasts that perish .

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