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Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: |
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Both low and high, rich and poor, together. |
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My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. |
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I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? |
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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: |
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(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
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That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. |
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For he seeth that wise men 1die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they 1call their lands after their own names.
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Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. |
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This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. |
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Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. |
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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. |
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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; |
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. |
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. |
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. |
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Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. |