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א
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי-קֹרַח מִזְמוֹר.
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For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
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ב
שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת, כָּל-הָעַמִּים; הַאֲזִינוּ, כָּל-יֹשְׁבֵי חָלֶד.
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Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
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ג
גַּם-בְּנֵי אָדָם, גַּם-בְּנֵי-אִישׁ-- יַחַד, עָשִׁיר וְאֶבְיוֹן.
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3
Both low and high, rich and poor together.
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ד
פִּי, יְדַבֵּר חָכְמוֹת; וְהָגוּת לִבִּי תְבוּנוֹת.
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4
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
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ה
אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי; אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנּוֹר, חִידָתִי.
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5
I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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ו
לָמָּה אִירָא, בִּימֵי רָע-- עֲון עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּנִי.
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
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ז
הַבֹּטְחִים עַל-חֵילָם; וּבְרֹב עָשְׁרָם יִתְהַלָּלוּ.
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Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
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ח
אָח--לֹא פָדֹה יִפְדֶּה אִישׁ; לֹא-יִתֵּן לֵאלֹהִים כָּפְרוֹ.
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8
No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Eloheem a ransom for him--
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ט
וְיֵקַר, פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם; וְחָדַל לְעוֹלָם.
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For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
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י
וִיחִי-עוֹד לָנֶצַח; לֹא יִרְאֶה הַשָּׁחַת.
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10
That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
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יא
כִּי יִרְאֶה, חֲכָמִים יָמוּתוּ-- יַחַד כְּסִיל וָבַעַר יֹאבֵדוּ;
וְעָזְבוּ לַאֲחֵרִים חֵילָם.
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For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish,
{N}
and leave their wealth to others.
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יב
קִרְבָּם בָּתֵּימוֹ, לְעוֹלָם-- מִשְׁכְּנֹתָם, לְדוֹר וָדֹר;
קָרְאוּ בִשְׁמוֹתָם, עֲלֵי אֲדָמוֹת.
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Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations;
{N}
they call their lands after their own names.
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יג
וְאָדָם בִּיקָר, בַּל-יָלִין; נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמוֹת נִדְמוּ.
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But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
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יד
זֶה דַרְכָּם, כֵּסֶל לָמוֹ; וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם, בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶלָה.
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This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
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טו
כַּצֹּאן, לִשְׁאוֹל שַׁתּוּ-- מָוֶת יִרְעֵם:
וַיִּרְדּוּ בָם יְשָׁרִים, לַבֹּקֶר--וצירם (וְצוּרָם), לְבַלּוֹת שְׁאוֹל; מִזְּבֻל לוֹ.
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Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd;
{N}
and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
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טז
אַךְ-אֱלֹהִים--יִפְדֶּה נַפְשִׁי, מִיַּד-שְׁאוֹל: כִּי יִקָּחֵנִי סֶלָה.
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But Eloheem will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
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יז
אַל-תִּירָא, כִּי-יַעֲשִׁר אִישׁ: כִּי-יִרְבֶּה, כְּבוֹד בֵּיתוֹ.
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Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
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יח
כִּי לֹא בְמוֹתוֹ, יִקַּח הַכֹּל; לֹא-יֵרֵד אַחֲרָיו כְּבוֹדוֹ.
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
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יט
כִּי-נַפְשׁוֹ, בְּחַיָּיו יְבָרֵךְ; וְיוֹדֻךָ, כִּי-תֵיטִיב לָךְ.
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
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כ
תָּבוֹא, עַד-דּוֹר אֲבוֹתָיו; עַד-נֵצַח, לֹא יִרְאוּ-אוֹר.
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It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
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כא
אָדָם בִּיקָר, וְלֹא יָבִין; נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמוֹת נִדְמוּ.
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Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
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