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To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
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Both low and high, together rich and needy.
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My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
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I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
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Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
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Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
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And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
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And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
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For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.