- Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
- High and low, rich and poor—listen!
- For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
- I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.
- Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?
- They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.
- Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[1] by paying a ransom to God.
- Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough
- to live forever and never see the grave.
- Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.
- The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,
- but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals.
- This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise.[2] Interlude
- Like sheep, they are led to the grave,[3] where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.
- But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude
- So don't be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid.
- For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.
- In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success.
- But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
- People who boast of their wealth don't understand; they will die, just like animals.
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