Resurrection of the dead. (To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.)

¹⁾Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world;

²⁾Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

³⁾My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

⁴⁾I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

⁵⁾Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

⁶⁾They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

⁷⁾None can by any means redeem his brother;

⁸⁾Nor give to God a ransom for him that he should still live forever, that it ceaseth not forever to see corruption.

⁹⁾For the redemption of their souls is through God, and precious.

¹⁰⁾For he seeth wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others;

¹¹⁾Their inward thought of their houses forever; their dwelling places, to all generations. Lands they called after their own names, and they are honorable.

¹²⁾Nevertheless, man in honor abideth not, he is also like the beasts that perish.

¹³⁾This I speak of them who walk in their way, and forsaketh the Almighty in their folly; yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

¹⁴⁾Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

¹⁵⁾But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me. Selah.

¹⁶⁾Be not thou afraid when one is made rich; when the glory of his house is increased;

¹⁷⁾For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸⁾Though while he lived he blessed his soul, (and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

¹⁹⁾He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

²⁰⁾Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.