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49.5 :I will open my dark saying upon the harp.


 * Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,
 * When the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
 * Of them that trust in their wealth,
 * And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
 * No man can by any means redeem his brother,
 * Nor give to God a ransom for him—
 * For too costly is the redemption of their soul,
 * And must be let alone for ever—
 * That he should still live alway,
 * That he should not see the pit.
 * For he seeth that wise men die,
 * The fool and the brutish together perish,
 * And leave their wealth to others.
 * Their 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.
 * But man abideth not in honour;
 * He is like the beasts that perish.


 * This is the way of them that are foolish,
 * And of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
 * Like 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.
 * But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world;
 * For He shall receive me.
 * Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich,
 * When the wealth of his house is increased;
 * For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;
 * His wealth shall not descend after him.
 * Though while he lived he blessed his soul:
 * 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
 * It shall go to the generation of his fathers;
 * They shall never see the light.
 * Man that is in honour understandeth not;
 * He is like the beasts that perish.

A Psalm of Asaph.


 * God, God, the, hath spoken, and called the earth
 * From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
 * Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
 * God hath shined forth.
 * Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence;
 * A fire devoureth before Him,
 * And round about Him it stormeth mightily.
 * He calleth to the heavens above,
 * And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
 * 'Gather My saints together unto Me;
 * Those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
 * And the heavens declare His righteousness;
 * For God, He is judge. Selah
 * 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
 * O Israel, and I will testify against thee:
 * God, thy God, am I.