| Chapter 49 |
1 | To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
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2 | Both low and high, together rich and needy.
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3 | My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
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4 | I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
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5 | Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
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6 | Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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7 | A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
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8 | And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
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9 | And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
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10 | For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
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11 | Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
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12 | And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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13 | This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
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14 | As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
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15 | Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
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16 | Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
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17 | For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
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18 | For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
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19 | It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
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20 | Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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