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To the victor; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.
2 Hear this, all the peoples;
give··ear, all ye who dwell in this lifetime;
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3 even the sons of Man, even the sons of a man◦,
the rich and the needy together.
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4 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
and the meditation of my heart, understanding.
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5 I will incline my ear to a prophetic··enunciation;
I will open my enigma on◦ the harp.
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6 Why should I fear in the days of evil?
The iniquity of my heels surrounds me.
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7 They who trust on their belongings,
and praise··themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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8 ransoming, a brother will not ransom a man◦,
he will not give to God an atonement for him;
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9 for the ransom of their soul is··precious.
And it must be stopped to eternity.
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10 And yet he shall live perpetually,
and shall not see corruption.
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11 For he sees that the wise die, the senseless one and the brutish one perish together,
and leave◦ their belongings to others.
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12 Their inward◦ thought is,
that their houses will be to eternity,
their habitations for generation and generation;
they call by their own names the tracts of ground.
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13 But man, who is in what is precious, abides not▵;
he is··similar to the beasts that are cut··off◦.
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14 This, their way, is senselessness for them,
and those after them who are··well··pleased at the words of their mouth. Selah.
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15 As a flock are they put in hell;
death shall pasture them.
And the upright shall have··dominion over them in the morning;
and their form shall wear··down, hell shall be a dwelling··place* for it.
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16 Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of hell;
for He will receive◦ me. Selah.
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17 Fear not when◦ a man◦ is enriched,
when◦ the glory of his house multiplies;
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18 for in his death he shall take nothing;
his glory shall not go··down after him.
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19 For in his life he blesses his soul
and they confess thee that thou doest··good to thyself.
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20 It shall go··in even··to the generation of his fathers;
perpetually they shall not see light.
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21 Man, who is in what is precious, and understands not,
is··similar to the beasts that are cut··off◦.
