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Nevertheless man will not abide forever in honour; he is like the beasts that are cut off.
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This their way is their folly; yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.
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Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol when he shall take 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 in his death he shall carry nothing away; nor shall his glory descend after him.
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Though while he lives, his life shall be blessed: and men will praise thee when thou art prosperous.
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He shall enter into the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light forever.
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Man that is in honour that does not understand is like the beasts that are cut off.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Aben Ezra says this psalm is a very excellent one, since in it is explained the Light of the world to come, and of the rational and immortal soul; and Kimchi is of opinion that it respects both this world and that which is to come: and indeed it treats of the vanity of trusting in riches: of the insufficiency of them for the redemption of the soul; of the short continuance of worldly honour and substance; of the certainty of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. And the design of it is to expose the folly of trusting in uncertain riches, and to comfort the people of God under the want of them.