| Chapter 49 |
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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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Both low and high, together rich and needy. -
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My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding. -
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I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: -
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Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me. -
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Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. -
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A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. -
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And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. -
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And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. -
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For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth. -
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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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And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off. -
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This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah. -
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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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Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah. -
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Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant, -
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For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him. -
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For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.) -
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It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light. -
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Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off! -
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