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- Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
- Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
- My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
- I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
- Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,
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- Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
- My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
- I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
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- Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
- No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him--
- For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--
- That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
- For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
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- They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
- (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
- For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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- Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names.
- But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish.
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- 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.
- Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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