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Listen, everyone, listen--earth-dwellers, don't miss this.

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Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,

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Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

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Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!

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All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.

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both low and high, rich and poor alike:

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Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

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High and low, rich and poor--listen!

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I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life.

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My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding.

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My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.

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For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.

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I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.

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I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

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I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

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I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

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So why should I fear in bad times, hemmed in by enemy malice,

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Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me-

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Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

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There is no need to fear when times of trouble come, when enemies are surrounding me.

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Shoved around by bullies, demeaned by the arrogant rich?

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those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?

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Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,

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They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

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Really! There's no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

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No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him-

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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him--

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Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

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The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn't guarantee

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the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-

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For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever--

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Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough

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Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.

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that he should live on forever and not see decay.

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That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.

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to live forever and never see the grave.

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Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and dunces.

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For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.

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For he sees wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, And leave their wealth to others.

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Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

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They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!

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Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.

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Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

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The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves, but they leave their wealth to others.

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We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.

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But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.

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Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain; He is like the beasts that perish.

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They will not last long despite their riches--they will die like the animals.

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This is what happens to those who live for the moment, who only look out for themselves:

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This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. Selah

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This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings.Selah

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This is the fate of fools, though they will be remembered as being so wise.

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Death herds them like sheep straight to hell; they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing--nothing left but a marker in a cemetery.

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Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

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Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.

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Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.

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But me? God snatches me from the clutch of death, he reaches down and grabs me.

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But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah

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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me.Selah

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But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of death.

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So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune.

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Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases;

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Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;

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So don't be dismayed when the wicked grow rich, and their homes become ever more splendid.

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They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind.

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for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend with him.

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For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

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For when they die, they carry nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

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Just when they think they've arrived and folks praise them because they've made good,

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Though while he lived he counted himself blessed- and men praise you when you prosper-

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Though while he lives he blesses himself (For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),

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In this life they consider themselves fortunate, and the world loudly applauds their success.

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They enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again.

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he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life.

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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see light.

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But they will die like all others before them and never again see the light of day.

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We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die. An Asaph psalm

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A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

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A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish.

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People who boast of their wealth don't understand that they will die like the animals.