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Chapter 49
Psal Rotherha 49:1  Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;
Psal Rotherha 49:2  Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,—Together both rich and needy:—
Psal Rotherha 49:3  My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:
Psal Rotherha 49:4  I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
Psal Rotherha 49:5  Wherefore should I fear in the days of calamity, Though the iniquity of them who lie in wait for me should enclose me?
Psal Rotherha 49:6  As for them who are trusting in their wealth,—And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,
Psal Rotherha 49:7  A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
Psal Rotherha 49:8  So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;
Psal Rotherha 49:9  That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.
Psal Rotherha 49:10  For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:
Psal Rotherha 49:11  Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age-abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation,—They give their own names unto lands!
Psal Rotherha 49:12  But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word—Beasts, they resemble:
Psal Rotherha 49:13  This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. [Selah.]
Psal Rotherha 49:14  Like sheep—into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,—And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
Psal Rotherha 49:15  But, God, will redeem my soul, out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. [Selah.]
Psal Rotherha 49:16  Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth;
Psal Rotherha 49:17  For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him;
Psal Rotherha 49:18  For, though, his own self—while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,
Psal Rotherha 49:19  He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.
Psal Rotherha 49:20  A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts, they resemble.