Tehillim 49

²Hear this, kol HaAmim;

give ear, all ye inhabitants of the cheled (world, duration) :

³Bnei Adam and bnei ish,

ashir (rich) and evyon (poor) alike,

⁴My mouth shall speak chochmot;

and the meditation of my lev tevunot (understanding) .

⁵I will incline mine ear to a mashal;

I will disclose my dark saying upon the kinnor (harp) .

⁶Why should I fear in the days of rah,

when the avon (iniquity) of my akev (supplanters, deceivers) surrounds me?

⁷They that trust in their chayil (wealth) ,

and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches) ;

⁸A brother cannot by any means redeem ish (man) ,

nor give to Elohim a kofer (ransom) for him —

⁹For the pidyon of their nefesh is costly,[#49:9 ransom]

and is forever beyond their power to pay —

¹⁰That he should live on lanetzach,

and not see shachat (corruption, decay, the pit) .

¹¹For he seeth that chachamim die,

likewise the kesil (foolish) and the ba'ar (brutish, senseless person, dolt) perish,

and leave their chayil (wealth) to others.

¹²Their inward thought is

that their batim (houses) shall continue l'olam,

and their mishkenot (dwelling places) l'odor vador;

they call their lands by their shmot (names) .

¹³Nevertheless adam in his pomp endureth not;

he is like the behemot (beasts) that perish.

¹⁴This is their derech, kesel (folly, imprudent confidence) is theirs;

and the fate after them of those who approve their words.

Selah

¹⁵Like tzon they are destined for She'ol;

mavet shall pasture them;

and the yesharim (upright ones) shall have dominion over them in the boker;

and their tzir (form) shall waste away to Sheol,

so there is no dwelling place for it.

¹⁶But Elohim will redeem my nefesh from the yad (hand, power) of Sheol;

for He shall receive me.

Selah

¹⁷Be not thou afraid when one is made an ish oishir,

when the kavod of his bais is increased;

¹⁸For in his mot (death) , he shall carry nothing away;

his kavod (glory, wealth) shall not descend after him.

¹⁹Though his nefesh during his life yevarech (he blessed) —

for they praise thee when thou doest well for thyself —

²⁰He shall go to the dor (generation) of his avot;

they shall never see ohr (light) .

²¹Adam that is in his pomp, and understandeth not,

is like the behemot (beasts) that perish.