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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).
10 One can see that wise people die, that foolish and stupid people meet the same end. They leave their wealth to others.
11 Inwardly they think their houses are forever, their dwelling place to all generations. So they named their lands after themselves.
12 But mortals will not continue here with what they treasure. They are like animals that die.
13 This is the final outcome for fools and their followers who are delighted by what they say: