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Psalm 49:1-12

1 Hear this, all you peoples;
 give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 both low and high,
 rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
 the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
 I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,
 when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
6 those who trust in their wealth
 and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;
 there is no price one can give to God for it.
8 For the ransom of life is costly
 and can never suffice,
9 that one should live on forever
 and never see the Pit.
10 When we look at the wise, they die;
 fool and dolt perish together
 and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their homes forever,
 their dwelling places to all generations,
 though they named lands their own.
12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
 they are like the animals that perish.