To the chief musician; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.{HR}Hear ye this, all ye peoples;{HR}Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
Both low and high, rich and poor together.
My mouth speaketh wisdom,{HR}And the meditation of my heart [is] understanding.
I incline mine ear to a parable,{HR}I open upon a harp my riddle.
Why should I fear in the days of evil?{HR}The iniquity of my supplanters surroundeth me,
Those who trust in their wealth{HR}And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
In no wise can a man redeem a brother,{HR}He giveth not to God a ransom for him
(But the redemption-price of their soul [is] precious,{HR}And it hath ceased forever),
That he should still live forever{HR}And not see corruption.
For he seeth [that] wise men die;{HR}Together the fool and the brutish man perish{HR}And have left to others their wealth.
Their inward thought [is] their houses [shall be] forever,{HR}Their dwelling-places to generation and generation;{HR}They have called the lands by their names.
But man in honour abideth not;{HR}He hath become like the cattle,{HR}They have been cut off.
This their way [is] folly for them;{HR}Yet those who come after them will take pleasure in their words. Selah.
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol;{HR}Death feedeth on them,{HR}And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;{HR}But their form consumeth in the grave,{HR}From their dwelling [consigned] to it.
Surely God will redeem my soul from the hand of Sheol,{HR}For he will receive me. Selah.
Fear thou not when a man becometh rich,{HR}When the glory of his house increaseth.
For he taketh not all this away when he dieth;{HR}His glory shall not descend after him.
Though (for) he blesseth his soul in his life,{HR}And men will praise thee when thou doest good to thyself,
It shall go to the generation of his fathers;{HR}They shall never see light.
Man in honour and that understandeth not hath become like the cattle;{HR}That are cut off.