Why Should I Fear in Days of Evil?
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
aHear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all binhabitants of the world,
2 Both alow and high,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth will aspeak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart will be bdiscernment.
4 I will incline my ear to aa proverb;
bI will express my criddle on the harp.
5 Why should I afear in days of evil,
When the iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me,
6 Even those who atrust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
7 Truly, no man can aredeem his brother;
He cannot give to God a bransom for him—
8 For athe redemption price for their soul is costly,
And it ceases forever—
9 That he should alive on eternally,
That he should not bsee corruption.
10 For he sees that even awise men die;
The bfool and the senseless alike perish
And cleave their wealth to others.
11 Their ainner thought is that their houses bare forever
And their dwelling places from generation to generation;
They have ccalled their lands after their own names.
12 But aman in his honor will not endure;
He is like the animals that perish.
13 This is the away of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who bare pleased with their words. Selah.
14 As sheep they are appointed afor Sheol;
Death will shepherd them;
And the bupright shall have dominion over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for Sheol cto consume,
Far away from his habitation.
15 But God will aredeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
For bHe will receive me. Selah.
16 Do not be afraid awhen a man becomes rich,
When the glory of his house increases;
17 For when he dies he will not atake any of it;
His glory will not descend after him.
18 For while he lives he ablesses his soul—
And men will praise you when you do well for yourself—
19 But his soul shall ago to the generation of his fathers;
They will eternally not see blight.
20 aMan in his honor, but who does not understand,
Is blike the animals that perish.