<vn='1'>To the chief <sn="5329">Musician</s>, A <sn="4210">Psalm</s> for the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="7141">Korah</s>. <sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="5971">people</s>; give <sn="238">ear</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> ye <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="2465">world</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1571">Both</s><sn="120">low</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="376">high</s>, <sn="6223">rich</s> and <sn="34">poor</s>, <sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>My <sn="6310">mouth</s> shall <sn="1696">speak</s> of <sn="2454">wisdom</s>; and the <sn="1900">meditation</s> of my <sn="3820">heart</s> shall be of <sn="8394">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>I will <sn="5186">incline</s> mine <sn="241">ear</s> to a <sn="4912">parable</s>: I will <sn="6605">open</s> my dark <sn="2420">saying</s> upon the <sn="3658">harp</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> should I <sn="3372">fear</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="7451">evil</s>, when the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of my <sn="6119">heels</s> shall compass me <sn="5437">about</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>They that <sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="2428">wealth</s>, and boast <sn="1984">themselves</s> in the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of their <sn="6239">riches</s>; </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3808">None</s> of them can by any <sn="6299">means</s><sn="6299">redeem</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5414">give</s> to <sn="430">God</s> a <sn="3724">ransom</s> for him: </v>
<vn='8'>(For the <sn="6306">redemption</s> of their <sn="5315">soul</s> is <sn="3365">precious</s>, and it <sn="2308">ceaseth</s><sn="5769">forever</s>:) </v>
<vn='9'>That he should <sn="5750">still</s><sn="2421">live</s><sn="5331">forever</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="7845">corruption</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> he <sn="7200">seeth</s> that wise <sn="2450">men</s><sn="4191">die</s>, <sn="3162">likewise</s> the <sn="3684">fool</s> and the brutish <sn="1198">person</s><sn="6">perish</s>, and <sn="5800">leave</s> their <sn="2428">wealth</s> to <sn="312">others</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Their inward <sn="7130">thought</s> is, that their <sn="1004">houses</s> shall continue <sn="5769">forever</s>, and their dwelling <sn="4908">places</s> to all <sn="1755 1755">generations</s>; they <sn="712 5921">call</s> their <sn="127">lands</s> after their own <sn="8034">names</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Nevertheless <sn="120">man</s> being in <sn="3366">honor</s><sn="3885">abideth</s><sn="1077">not</s>: he is <sn="4911">like</s> the <sn="929">beasts</s> that <sn="1820">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2088">This</s> their <sn="1870">way</s> is their <sn="3689">folly</s>: yet their <sn="310">posterity</s><sn="7521">approve</s> their <sn="6310">sayings</s>. <sn="5542">Selah</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Like <sn="6629">sheep</s> they are <sn="8371">laid</s> in the <sn="7585">grave</s>; <sn="4194">death</s> shall <sn="7462">feed</s> on them; and the <sn="3477">upright</s> shall have <sn="7287">dominion</s> over them in the <sn="1242">morning</s>; and their <sn="6697">beauty</s> shall <sn="1086">consume</s> in the <sn="7585">grave</s> from their <sn="4480 2073">dwelling</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="389">But</s><sn="430">God</s> will <sn="6299">redeem</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> from the <sn="4480 3027">power</s> of the <sn="7585">grave</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall <sn="3947">receive</s> me. <sn="5542">Selah</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Be <sn="408">not</s> thou <sn="3372">afraid</s><sn="3588">when</s><sn="376">one</s> is made <sn="6238">rich</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="3519">glory</s> of his <sn="1004">house</s> is <sn="7235">increased</s>; </v>
<vn='17'>For <sn="3588">when</s> he <sn="4194">dieth</s> he shall <sn="3947">carry</s><sn="3808 3605">nothing</s> away: his <sn="3519">glory</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3381">descend</s><sn="310">after</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">Though</s> while he <sn="2416">lived</s> he <sn="1288">blessed</s> his <sn="5315">soul</s>: and men will <sn="3034">praise</s> thee, <sn="3588">when</s> thou doest <sn="3190">well</s> to thyself. </v>
<vn='19'>He shall <sn="935">go</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="1755">generation</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>; they shall <sn="5704 5331 3808">never</s><sn="7200">see</s><sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="120">Man</s> that is in <sn="3366">honor</s>, and <sn="995">understandeth</s><sn="3808">not</s>, is <sn="4911">like</s> the <sn="929">beasts</s> that <sn="1820">perish</s>. </v>