49:3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)
49:9 That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
49:12 But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.
49:13 This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. Selah
49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,
49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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