44 lines
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44 lines
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# Chapter 49
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1 Hear this, all peoples!
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Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
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2 both low and high,
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rich and poor together!
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3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
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the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
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4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
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I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
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5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,
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when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
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6 those who trust in their wealth
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and boast of the abundance of their riches?
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7 Truly no man can ransom another,
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or give to God the price of his life,
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8 for the ransom of their life is costly
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and can never suffice,
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9 that he should live on forever
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and never see the pit.
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10 For he sees that even the wise die;
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the fool and the stupid alike must perish
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and leave their wealth to others.
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11 Their graves are their homes forever,
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their dwelling places to all generations,
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though they called lands by their own names.
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12 Man in his pomp will not remain;
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he is like the beasts that perish.
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13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
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yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
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14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
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death shall be their shepherd,
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and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
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Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
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15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
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for he will receive me. Selah
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16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
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when the glory of his house increases.
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17 For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
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his glory will not go down after him.
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18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed
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—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
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19 his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,
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who will never again see light.
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20 Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish. |