[1] TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all you peoples, || Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world. [2] Both low and high, together rich and needy. [3] My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding. [4] I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp: [5] Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me. [6] Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish. [7] A brother ransoms no one at all, || He does not give to God his atonement. [8] And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, || And it has ceased for all time. [9] And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit. [10] For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth to others. [11] Their heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands. [12] And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off. [13] This their way [is] folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah. [14] They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over them in the morning, || And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him. [15] Only, God ransoms my soul from the hand of Sheol, || For He receives me. Selah. [16] Do not fear when one makes wealth, || When the glory of his house is abundant, [17] For at his death he receives nothing, || His glory does not go down after him. [18] For he blesses his soul in his life || (And they praise you when you do well for yourself). [19] It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever. [20] Man in honor, who does not understand, || Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
