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1. To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 , A Psalm H4210 for the sons H1121 of Korah H7141 . Hear H8085 this H2063 , all H3605 ye people H5971 ; give ear H238 , all H3605 ye inhabitants H3427 of the world H2465 :
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2. Both low and high, together rich and needy.
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2. Both H1571 low H120 and H1571 high H376 , rich H6223 and poor H34 , together H3162 .
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3. My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.
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3. My mouth H6310 shall speak H1696 of wisdom H2454 ; and the meditation H1900 of my heart H3820 shall be of understanding H8394 .
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4. I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
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4. I will incline H5186 mine ear H241 to a parable H4912 : I will open H6605 my dark saying H2420 upon the harp H3658 .
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5. Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
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5. Wherefore H4100 should I fear H3372 in the days H3117 of evil H7451 , when the iniquity H5771 of my heels H6119 shall compass me about H5437 ?
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6. Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
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6. They that trust H982 in H5921 their wealth H2428 , and boast themselves H1984 in the multitude H7230 of their riches H6239 ;
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7. A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
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7. None H3808 of them can by any means H6299 redeem H6299 his brother H251 , nor H3808 give H5414 to God H430 a ransom H3724 for him:
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8. And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
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8. (For the redemption H6306 of their soul H5315 is precious H3365 , and it ceaseth H2308 forever H5769 :)
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9. And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
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9. That he should still H5750 live H2421 forever H5331 , and not H3808 see H7200 corruption H7845 .
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10. For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
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10. For H3588 he seeth H7200 that wise men H2450 die H4191 , likewise H3162 the fool H3684 and the brutish person H1198 perish H6 , and leave H5800 their wealth H2428 to others H312 .
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11. 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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11. Their inward thought H7130 is, that their houses H1004 shall continue forever H5769 , and their dwelling places H4908 to all generations H1755 H1755 ; they call H712 H5921 their lands H127 after their own names H8034 .
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12. And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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12. Nevertheless man H120 being in honor H3366 abideth H3885 not H1077 : he is like H4911 the beasts H929 that perish H1820 .
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13. This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
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13. This H2088 their way H1870 is their folly H3689 : yet their posterity H310 approve H7521 their sayings H6310 . Selah H5542 .
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14. 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.
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14. Like sheep H6629 they are laid H8371 in the grave H7585 ; death H4194 shall feed H7462 on them ; and the upright H3477 shall have dominion H7287 over them in the morning H1242 ; and their beauty H6697 shall consume H1086 in the grave H7585 from their dwelling H4480 H2073 .
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15. Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
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15. But H389 God H430 will redeem H6299 my soul H5315 from the power H4480 H3027 of the grave H7585 : for H3588 he shall receive H3947 me. Selah H5542 .
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16. Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
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16. Be not H408 thou afraid H3372 when H3588 one H376 is made rich H6238 , when H3588 the glory H3519 of his house H1004 is increased H7235 ;
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17. For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
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17. For when H3588 he dieth H4194 he shall carry H3947 nothing H3808 H3605 away : his glory H3519 shall not H3808 descend H3381 after H310 him.
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18. For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
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18. Though H3588 while he lived H2416 he blessed H1288 his soul H5315 : and men will praise H3034 thee, when H3588 thou doest well H3190 to thyself.
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19. It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
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19. He shall go H935 to H5704 the generation H1755 of his fathers H1 ; they shall never H5704 H5331 H3808 see H7200 light H216 .
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20. Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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20. Man H120 that is in honor H3366 , and understandeth H995 not H3808 , is like H4911 the beasts H929 that perish H1820 .
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