## The wealth of the rich is his fortified city ##

AT: "A rich person will try to protect himself with his wealth" (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## fortified city ##

city with strong defences like walls and towers

## in his imagination it is like a high wall ##

The protection provided by wealth is not real but only imagined.

## Before his downfall a person's heart is proud ##

AT: "First a person is proud, but then comes his downfall"

## his downfall ##

AT: "he falls down" or "he is humiliated" or "his life and reputation are destroyed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

## humility comes before honor ##

AT: "humility leads to honor"