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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.
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Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
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And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
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As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.