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\c 49
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\d For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
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\b
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\q
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\v 1 Hear this, all you peoples;
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\q give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
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\q
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\v 2 Both low and high,
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\q rich and poor together.
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\q
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\v 3 My mouth will speak wisdom
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\q and the meditation of my heart will be of understanding.
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\q
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\v 4 I will incline my ear to a parable;
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\q I will begin my parable with the harp.
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\q
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\v 5 Why should I fear the days of evil,
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\q when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
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\q
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\v 6 Those who trust in their wealth
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\q and boast about the amount of their riches—
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\q
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\v 7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother
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\q or give God a ransom for him,
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\q
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\v 8 For the redemption of one’s life is costly,
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\q and no one can pay what we owe.
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\q
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\v 9 No one can live forever
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\q so that his body should not decay.
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\q
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\v 10 For he will see decay. Wise men die;
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\q the fool and the brute alike perish
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\q and leave their wealth to others.
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\q
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\v 11 Their inner thought is that their families will
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continue forever,
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\q and the places where they live, to all generations;
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\q they call their lands after their own names.
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\q
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\v 12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive;
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\q he is like the beasts that perish.
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\b
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\q
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\v 13 This, their way, is their folly;
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\q yet after them, men approve of their sayings.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 14 They are appointed like a flock to go to sheol;
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\q death will be their shepherd;
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\q the upright will have power over them in the morning;
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\q sheol will consume their bodies
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\q and there be no place for them to live.
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\q
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\v 15 But God will redeem my life from the power of sheol;
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\q he will receive me.
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\qs Selah\qs*
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\q
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\v 16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
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\q when the power of his house increases;
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\q
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\v 17 for when he dies, he will take nothing away;
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\q his power will not descend with him.
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\q
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\v 18 He blessed his soul while he lived—
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\q and men praise you when you live for yourself—
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\q
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\v 19 he will go to the generation of his fathers
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\q and they will never see the light again.
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\q
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\v 20 One who has wealth but no understanding
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\q is like the beasts, which perish.
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