Psalms 49:2-9 Listen you common people and important ones, rich people and poor ones.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Listen you common people and important ones, rich people and poor ones. ³ My mouth will speak wisdom. I have carefully considered understanding (insights). ⁴ I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp. ⁵ Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when slanderers surround me with evil? ⁶ They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth. ⁷ No one can ever redeem (buy back) his brother or pay God a ransom for his life. ⁸ The price to be paid for him is so costly it can never be paid ⁹ so they should live forever and never see the grave (pit) (destruction).