3 - My mouth will speak words of wisdom.My heart shall utter understanding.
4 - I will incline my ear to a proverb.I will open my riddle on the harp.
5 - Why should I fear in the days of evil,when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 - Those who trust in their wealth,and boast in the multitude of their riches-
7 - none of them can by any means redeem his brother,nor give God a ransom for him.
8 - For the redemption of their life is costly,no payment is ever enough,
9 - that he should live on forever,that he should not see corruption.
10 - For he sees that wise men die;likewise the fool and the senseless perish,and leave their wealth to others.
11 - Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,and their dwelling places to all generations.They name their lands after themselves.
12 - But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure.He is like the animals that perish.
13 - This is the destiny of those who are foolish,and of those who approve their sayings.Selah.
14 - They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.Death shall be their shepherd.The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,far from their mansion.
15 - But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,for he will receive me.Selah.
16 - Don't be afraid when a man is made rich,when the glory of his house is increased;
17 - for when he dies he will carry nothing away.His glory won't descend after him.
18 - Though while he lived he blessed his soul-and men praise you when you do well for yourself-
19 - he shall go to the generation of his fathers.They shall never see the light.
20 - A man who has riches without understanding,is like the animals that perish.
