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My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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None of them can by any meansredeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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(For the redemption of their soul is precious , and it ceaseth for ever:)
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That he should still live for ever, and not seecorruption.
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For he seeth that wise mendie , likewise the fool and the brutish personperish , and leave their wealth to others.
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Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to allgenerations; they call their lands after their own names.
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Nevertheless man being in honourabideth not: he is like the beasts that perish .
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This their way is their folly: yet their posterityapprove their sayings.Selah.
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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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But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich , when the glory of his house is increased ;
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descendafter him.
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never*seelight.
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Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish .