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