ASVMy mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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ASVI will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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ASVWherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
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ASVThey that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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ASVNone of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
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ASV(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),
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ASVThat he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
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ASVFor he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
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ASVTheir 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.
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ASVBut man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
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ASVThis their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah
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ASVThey are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
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ASVBut God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah
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ASVBe not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:
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ASVFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
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ASVThough while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),
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ASVHe shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
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ASVMan that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.