CLV(i)
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."