| 49:1
| Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
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| 49:2
| Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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| 49:3
| My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be
of understanding.
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| 49:4
| I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon
the harp.
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| 49:5
| Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my
heels shall compass me about?
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| 49:6
| They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude
of their riches;
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| 49:7
| None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
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| 49:8
| (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
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| 49:9
| That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
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| 49:10
| 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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| 49:11
| 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.
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| 49:12
| Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that
perish.
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| 49:13
| This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah.
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| 49:14
| Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the
upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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| 49:15
| But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall
receive me. Selah.
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| 49:16
| Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is
increased;
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| 49:17
| For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
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| 49:18
| Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
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| 49:19
| He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see
light.
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| 49:20
| Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish.
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