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Tehilim [Psalms] - Psalms
¶For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε ψαλμός
¶For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
- Hear this, all you peoples.
- Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
- Hear this, all you peoples.
- Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
- both low and high,
- rich and poor together.
- both low and high,
- rich and poor together.
- My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
- My heart shall utter understanding.
- My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
- My heart shall utter understanding.
- I will incline my ear to a proverb.
- I will open my riddle on the harp.
- I will incline my ear to a proverb.
- I will open my riddle on the harp.
- Why should I fear in the days of evil,
- when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- Why should I fear in the days of evil,
- when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- Those who trust in their wealth,
- and boast in the multitude of their riches—
- Those who trust in their wealth,
- and boast in the multitude of their riches—
- none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
- nor give God a ransom for him.
- none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
- nor give God a ransom for him.
- For the redemption of their life is costly,
- no payment is ever enough,
- For the redemption of their life is costly,
- no payment is ever enough,
- That he should live on forever,
- that he should not see corruption.
- That he should live on forever,
- that he should not see corruption.
- For he sees that wise men die;
- likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
- and leave their wealth to others.
- For he sees that wise men die;
- likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
- and leave their wealth to others.
- Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
- and their dwelling places to all generations.
- They name their lands after themselves.
- Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
- and their dwelling places to all generations.
- They name their lands after themselves.
- But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.
- He is like the animals that perish.
- But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.
- He is like the animals that perish.
- This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
- and of those who approve their sayings.
- Selah.
- This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
- and of those who approve their sayings.
- Selah.
Ketib: וצירם ⬪ Qere: וְ֭צוּרָם
- But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
- for he will receive me.
- Selah.
- But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
- for he will receive me.
- Selah.
- Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,
- when the glory of his house is increased.
- Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,
- when the glory of his house is increased.
- For when he dies he shall carry nothing away.
- His glory shall not descend after him.
- For when he dies he shall carry nothing away.
- His glory shall not descend after him.
- Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
- and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
- Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
- and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
- he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
- They shall never see the light.
- he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
- They shall never see the light.
- A man who has riches without understanding,
- is like the animals that perish.
- A man who has riches without understanding,
- is like the animals that perish.
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