For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all you peoples. Psa 78:1Mat 11:15Psa 33:8Mat 28:19-20Rev 2:17Rev 2:7Rom 10:18Rom 3:29
Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
both low and high, Psa 62:9Jas 2:1-71Sa 2:7-8Jer 5:4-5Job 34:19Pro 22:2Jas 1:9-11Rev 6:15-17
rich and poor together.
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. Mat 12:35Psa 19:14Pro 22:20-21Pro 22:172Ti 3:15-17Deu 32:2Job 33:3Job 33:33
My heart will utter understanding.
I will incline my ear to a proverb. Psa 78:2Mat 13:35Num 12:8Num 23:72Co 3:12Luk 12:3Mat 13:11-15Dan 8:23
I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Why should I fear in the days of evil, Act 27:24Php 1:28Pro 24:10Rom 8:33-341Sa 26:20Amo 5:13Eph 5:16Gen 49:17
when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Those who trust in their wealth, 1Ti 6:17Ezk 28:4-5Jer 9:23Psa 52:7Pro 11:28Luk 12:19Mrk 10:24Est 5:11
and boast in the multitude of their riches—
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, Mat 16:26Mat 20:281Pe 1:181Ti 2:6Mat 25:9
nor give God a ransom for him.
For the redemption of their life is costly, Mat 16:26Job 36:18-19
no payment is ever enough,
that he should live on forever, Psa 89:48Psa 16:10Ecc 8:8Jhn 8:51-52Pro 10:2Pro 11:4Act 2:27Act 2:31
that he should not see corruption.
For he sees that wise men die; Luk 12:20Psa 39:6Ecc 5:13-161Ti 6:6-10Heb 9:27Jer 10:8Pro 30:2Ecc 2:26
likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
and leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, Gen 4:17Psa 5:9Psa 64:62Sa 18:18Ezk 38:10Psa 10:61Sa 15:12Act 8:22
and their dwelling places to all generations.
They name their lands after themselves.
But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. Ecc 3:18-21Psa 39:5Psa 49:20Psa 82:7Ecc 9:12Jas 1:10-111Pe 1:24
He is like the animals that perish.
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, Luk 12:201Co 3:19Luk 16:27-28Jer 44:17Luk 11:47-48
and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. 1 Mal 4:31Co 6:2Dan 7:22Job 24:19-20Job 30:23Dan 7:18Jer 12:3Luk 22:30
Death shall be their shepherd.
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.
Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, 2
far from their mansion.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, 3 Psa 73:24Psa 56:13Psa 86:13Psa 89:48Hos 13:14Psa 16:10-11Rev 5:9Gen 5:24
for he will receive me. Selah.
Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, Psa 37:7Psa 37:1Rev 21:24Rev 21:26Est 3:1-6Gen 31:1Est 5:11Pro 28:12
when the glory of his house is increased;
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. 1Ti 6:7Job 27:191Co 15:43Ecc 5:15Job 1:21Luk 16:24Isa 10:3Isa 5:14
His glory won’t descend after him.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— Deu 29:19Luk 12:19Psa 10:31Sa 25:6Act 12:20-22Est 3:2Hos 12:8Rev 13:3-4
and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. Job 33:30Gen 15:15Psa 56:13Luk 12:201Ki 16:6Ecc 12:7Ecc 3:21Jud 1:13
They shall never see the light.
A man who has riches without understanding, Ecc 3:18-19Psa 49:12Est 7:10Job 4:21Est 5:11-14Psa 73:18-19
is like the animals that perish.