1Hear this, all you peoples.
2both low and high,
3My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb.
5Why should I fear in the days of evil,
6Those who trust in their wealth,
7none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
8For the redemption of their life is costly,
9that he should live on forever,
10For he sees that wise men die;
11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.
13This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.49:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,49:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.
16Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,
17for when he dies he will carry nothing away.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
19he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
20A man who has riches without understanding,