| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him-- |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever-- |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased; |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Though while he lives he congratulates himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself-- |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish. |
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