- Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,
- both low and high, rich and poor alike:
- My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.
- I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:
- Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—
- those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
- No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—
- the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—
- so that they should live on forever and not see decay.
- For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.
- Their tombs will remain their houses[2] forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had[3] named lands after themselves.
- People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.
- This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[4]
- They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.
- But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
- Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases;
- for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.
- Though while they live they count themselves blessed— and people praise you when you prosper—
- they will join those who have gone before them, who will never again see the light of life.
- People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish.
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