Psalms 49:5-12

5When trouble comes, why am I afraid? When cruel people are all round me, and they want to hurt me, why am I afraid?

6Those people think that their money will keep them safe. They are proud about their riches.

7Nobody can pay the price to save another person. Nobody can pay God the price for their life.

8A human life costs too much to buy it back. Nobody could ever pay enough.

9So nobody can live for ever. Everyone goes to their grave one day.

10Surely you see that even wise people die, in the way that fools and stupid people also die. Then their money will belong to someone else.

11Their graves will be their homes for ever. They had their own land, which was called by their name,

12but people do not live for ever, even if they are very rich. They will die, just like the animals.