Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
For
the choirmaster
. A
Psalm
of
the
sons of Korah. Hear this, all you
peoples ;
listen
, all inhabitants of the world ,
To
the Overseer
. --
By
sons of Korah. A
Psalm.
Hear this, all ye
peoples, Give
ear,
all ye
inhabitants of the world .
both low and high, rich and poor
alike
.
Both low and high, together
rich and needy
.
My mouth will
impart
wisdom
, and the meditation
of my heart will
bring
understanding.
My mouth speaketh
wise
things
, And the meditations
of my heart `are'
things
of
understanding.
I will
incline my
ear
to a proverb;
I will
express
my
riddle
with the
harp:
I incline to a simile
mine
ear,
I open
with a
harp my
riddle
:
Why should
I fear in times
of trouble,
when
wicked
usurpers
surround
me
?
Why do
I fear in days
of evil
? The
iniquity
of
my
supplanters
doth
compass
me.
They
trust
in
their wealth and boast
in their great
riches.
Those
trusting
on
their wealth ,
And in the
multitude
of
their riches ,
Do
shew
themselves
foolish
.
No
man
can
possibly
redeem
his
brother or
pay
his
ransom to God.
A
brother doth
no
one
at
all
ransom ,
He
doth
not
give
to God his
atonement
.
For
the redemption of his
soul is
costly
, and never
can
payment
suffice,
And
precious
`is'
the redemption of their
soul, And it
hath
ceased
--
to
the
age.
that
he
should
live
on
forever
and not see
decay
.
And still
he
liveth
for
ever,
He
seeth
not the
pit
.
For it
is
clear
that
wise men die, and
the foolish and the
senseless
both
perish and leave
their
wealth
to others.
For he
seeth
wise men die, Together
the foolish and brutish
perish ,
And have
left
to others their
wealth
.
Their graves
are
their eternal
homes—
their dwellings
for
endless
generations —
even
though
their lands were
their
namesakes
.
Their heart
`is':
Their houses
`are'
to
the
age,
Their tabernacles
to
all
generations .
They
proclaimed
their names
over
the
lands.
But
a
man ,
despite
his
wealth
, cannot
endure;
he is
like the beasts that
perish
.
And
man in
honour
doth
not
remain
, He hath
been
like the beasts ,
they
have
been
cut
off
.
This is the
fate
of
the
self-confident
and their followers
who
endorse
their sayings. Selah
This their
way
`
is '
folly
for
them,
And their posterity
with
their sayings are
pleased
. Selah .
Like
sheep they
are
destined
for Sheol .
Death will
be
their
shepherd.
The upright will
rule them in the morning, and their form will
decay
in
Sheol ,
far
from
their
lofty
abode
.
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
.
But
God will
redeem
my life
from Sheol, for He will
surely
take
me to
Himself
. Selah
Only,
God doth
ransom
my soul
from the
hand
of
Sheol, For He doth
receive
me. Selah .
Do
not be
amazed
when a
man
grows
rich
, when the splendor
of his house increases.
Fear
not ,
when one
maketh
wealth
, When the honour
of his house is
abundant,
For when
he
dies,
he will
carry
nothing away;
his abundance
will
not follow
him
down.
For at
his
death
he receiveth
nothing ,
His honour
goeth
not down after
him
.
Though
in his lifetime
he blesses
his
soul—
and men
praise you
when you
prosper—
For
his
soul
in his life
he blesseth,
(
And they
praise thee
when thou
dost
well
for
thyself.)
he
will
join
the generation of his fathers, who
will
never
see the light of
day
.
It
cometh
to
the generation of his fathers, For
ever
they
see not
the light.
A
man who has
riches
without
understanding
is
like the beasts that
perish.
Man in
honour,
who understandest
not,
Hath
been
like the beasts ,
they
have
been
cut
off!
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