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49:1  Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,
49:2  Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
49:3  My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
49:4  I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
49:5  Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
49:6  Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
49:7  No one can by any means redeem another Or give God a ransom for him—
49:8  For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever—
49:9  That he might live on eternally, That he might not undergo decay.
49:10  For he sees that even wise people die; The foolish and the stupid alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
49:11  Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have named their lands after their own names.
49:12  But man in his splendor will not endure; He is like the animals that perish.
49:13  This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah
49:14  Like sheep they sink down to Sheol; Death will be their shepherd; And the upright will rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no lofty home.
49:15  But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah
49:16  Do not be afraid when a person becomes rich, When the splendor of his house is increased;
49:17  For when he dies, he will take nothing with him; His wealth will not descend after him.
49:18  Though while he lives he congratulates himself— And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—
49:19  He will go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.
49:20  Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.