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PSALMS
- I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- 6Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,
- When the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
- 7Of them that trust in their wealth,
- And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
- 8No man can by any means redeem his brother,
- Nor give to God a ransom for him—
- 9For too costly is the redemption of their soul,
- And must be let alone for ever—
- 10That he should still live alway,
- That he should not see the pit.
- 11For he seeth that wise men die,
- The fool and the brutish together perish,
- And leave their wealth to others.
- 12Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,
- And their dwelling-places to all generations;
- They call their lands after their own names.
- 13But man abideth not in honour;
- He is like the beasts that perish.
- 14This is the way of them that are foolish,
- And of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
- 15Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world;
- Death shall be their shepherd;
- And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
- And their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away,
- That there be no habitation for it.
- 16But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world;
- For He shall receive me. Selah
- 17Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich,
- When the wealth of his house is increased;
- 18For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;
- His wealth shall not descend after him.
- 19Though while he lived he blessed his soul:
- 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
- 20It shall go to the generation of his fathers;
- They shall never see the light.
- 21Man that is in honour understandeth not;
- He is like the beasts that perish.
50 A Psalm of Asaph.
- God, God, the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth
- From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
- God hath shined forth.
- 3Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence;
- A fire devoureth before Him,
- And round about Him it stormeth mightily.
- 4He calleth to the heavens above,
- And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
- 5'Gather My saints together unto Me;
- Those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
- 6And the heavens declare His righteousness;
- For God, He is judge. Selah
- 7'Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
- O Israel, and I will testify against thee:
- God, thy God, am I.
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