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Like sheep, they must die, and death will be their shepherd. Honest people will rule over them in the morning, and their bodies will rot in a grave far from home.
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But God will save my life and will take me from the grave.Selah
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Don't be afraid of rich people because their houses are more beautiful.
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They don't take anything to the grave; their wealth won't go down with them.
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Even though they were praised when they were alive -- and people may praise you when you succeed --
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they will go to where their ancestors are. They will never see light again.
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Rich people with no understanding are just like animals that die. A psalm of Asaph.
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.