CLV(i)
1 {A Psalm for the Sons of Korah{ Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all dwellers of this transience!"
2 Both common sons of Adam and noted sons of man, Rich and needy together."
3 My mouth, it shall speak wisdom, And the soliloquy of my heart, understanding."
4 I shall stretch out my ear to a proverb; I shall open out my enigma with a harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of peril, When the depravity of my circumventers surrounds me,
6 Who are trusting in their estate And are boasting in the abundance of their riches?
7 Surely it shall not ransom, yea ransom a man; Neither shall one pay to Elohim his sheltering ransom,
8 {For the ransom of his soul is too precious a price, And he shuns it for the eon{"
9 That he should live further, permanently, And not see the grave."
10 Yet he sees wise ones, even they die; The stupid one, together with the irrational one, they perish, And they leave their estate to others."
11 Their tombs are their houses for the eon, Their tabernacles for generation after generation, Those who had called their grounds after their names."
12 But the human, in his self-esteem, is not understanding at all; He is comparable to the beasts that are dumb."
13 This is their way, their stupidity, And of those after them, who approve of their mouthings. {Interlude{ "
14 Like the flock, they are set for the unseen; Death, it shall graze on them. The upright shall sway over them in the morning; Their form is for decay, the unseen their residence."
15 Surely Elohim, He shall ransom my soul from the hand of the unseen, For He shall take hold of me. {Interlude{ "
16 Do not fear when a man is enriched, When the glory of his house is increased,
17 For, in his death, he cannot take anything along; His glory shall not descend after him."
18 For his soul, it was blessed in his lifetime, {And they acclaim you while you are doing well for yourself{"
19 Yet he shall come unto the generation of his fathers; Unto permanence, they shall not see light."
20 The human, in his self-esteem, is not understanding; He is comparable to the beasts that are dumb."