Revised Version 1895

Psalms 49:5-12

5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

6They that trust in their wealth, and boastthemselvesעֲוֹ֖ן'a.VonH5771in the multitude of their riches;

7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

8(For theredemptionH6299of their soul is costly, andmustH3808beletיִתֵּ֖ןyi.TenH5414alone for ever:)

9That he should still live alway, that he shouldnotוְחָדַ֥לve.cha.DalH2308see corruption.

10For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave theirwealthלֹ֖אlo'H3808to others.

11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places toallיַ֤חַדYa.chadH3162generations; they call their landsafterכִּ֤יkiH3588their own names.

12But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.

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