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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
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Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
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My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
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I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.
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Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
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Those who trust in their wealth
And boast 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 souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever —
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That he should continue to live eternally,
And not see the Pit.
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For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
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Their inner thought is that their houses will last
forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.
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Nevertheless man, though in honour, does not remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
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This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
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Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave,
far 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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Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
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For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
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Though while he lives he blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see light.
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A man who is in honour, yet does not understand,
Is like the beasts that perish.
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