1To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it well, all ye that dwell upon the earth.
2High and low, rich and poor, one with another.
3My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and my heart shall muse of understanding.
4I will incline mine ear to the parable, and shew my dark speech upon the harp.
5Wherefore should I fear the evil days, when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about?
6They that put their trust in their good, and boast(boost) themselves in the multitude of their riches.
7No man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto him for God.(for him unto God)
8For it costeth more to redeem their souls, so that he must let that alone for ever.
9Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave.
10For it shall be seen, that such wise men shall die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their goods for other.
11Look what is in their houses, it continueth still: their dwelling places endure from one generation to another, and are called after their own names upon the earth.
12Nevertheless man abideth not in such honor, but is compared unto the brute beasts, and becometh like unto them.
13This way of theirs is very foolishness, and yet their posterity praise it with their mouth. Selah.
14They lie in the hell like sheep, death shall gnaw upon them, and the righteous shall have domination of them in the morning by times, their strength shall consume, and hell shall be their dwelling.
15But God shall deliver my soul from the power of hell, when he receiveth me. Selah.
16O be not thou afraid, when one is made rich, and the glory of his house increased.
17For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.
18While he liveth, he is counted an happy man: and so long as he is in prosperity, men speak good of him.
19But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.
20When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts, and becometh like unto them.