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regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!
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My mouth is about to speak wisdom; my heart's deepest thoughts will give understanding.
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I will listen with care to [God's] parable, I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.
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Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,
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the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are?
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No one can ever redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him,
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because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)
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to have him live on eternally and never see the pit.
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For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others.
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They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.
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But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die.