New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Hear this, all you nations;
listen, all who inhabit this world,
2 all mankind, every living man,
rich and poor alike;
3 for the words that I speak are wise,
my thoughtful heart is full of understanding.
4 I will set my ear to catch the moral of the story
and tell on the harp how I read the riddle;
5 why should I be afraid in evil times,
beset by the wickedness of treacherous foes,
6 who trust in their riches
and boast of their great wealth?
7 Alas! no man can ever ransom himself
nor pay God the price of that release;
8 his note ransom would cost too much,
for ever beyond his power to pay,
9 the ransom that would let him live on always
and never see the pit of death.
10 But remember this: note wise men must die;
stupid men, brutish men, all perish. note
11 The grave note is their eternal home,
their dwelling for all time to come;
they may give their own names to estates,
but they must leave their riches to others. note
12 For men are like oxen whose life cannot last, note
they are like cattle whose time is short.
13 Such is the fate of foolish men
and of all who seek to please them:
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14 like sheep they run headlong into Sheol, the land of Death;
he is their shepherd and urges them on;
their flesh must rot away note
and their bodies be wasted by Sheol,
stripped of all honour.
15 But God will ransom my life,
he will take me from the power of Sheol.
16 Do not envy a man when he grows rich,
when the wealth of his family increases;
17 for he will take nothing when he dies,
and his wealth will not go with him.
18 Though in his lifetime he counts himself happy
and men praise him in his note prosperity,
19 he note will go to join the company of his forefathers
who will never again see the light.
20 For men are like oxen whose life cannot last, note
they are like cattle whose time is short.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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