1 Unto the end, to the sons of Core a Psalm.
1 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
2 Hear these things all ye Gentiles: receive with your ears all ye that inhabit the earth.
2 Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
3 All ye earthly persons, and children of men: together in one the rich and the poor.
3 All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart prudence.
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
5 I will incline mine ear unto a parable: I will open my proposition on a Psalter.
5 ¹I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
6 Why shall I fear in the evil day? The iniquity of my heel shall compass me.
6 Why shall I fear in the evil day? The iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
7 They that trust in their strength: and glory in the multitude of their riches.
7 They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
8 A brother doth not redeem, man shall redeem: he shall not give unto God his reconciliation.
8 No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
9 And the price of the redemption of his own soul: and he shall labour for ever,
9 Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labor forever,
10 and shall live yet unto the end.
10 And shall still live unto the end.
11 He shall not see death, when he shall see the wise dying, the unwise, and the fool shall perish together. And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
11 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
12 and their sepulchres their houses for ever. Their Tabernacles in generation and generation: they have renowned their names in their lands.
12 And their sepulchers shall be their houses forever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
13 And man when he was in honour, did not understand: he was compared to beasts without understanding, and became like to them.
13 And man when he was in honor did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
14 This their way is a scandal to them: and afterward in their mouth they shall take pleasure.
14 This way of theirs is a stumbling block to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
15 As sheep they are put in hell: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall rule over them in the morning: and their aid shall wax old in hell from their glory.
15 They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
16 Nevertheless God will redeem my soul out of the hand of hell, when he shall take me,
16 But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.
17 Fear not when a man shall be made rich: and when the glory of his house shall be multiplied.
17 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
18 Because when he shall die, he shall not take all things: neither shall his glory go down with him.
18 For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
19 Because his soul in his life shall be blessed: he will confess to thee when thou shalt do him good.
19 For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
20 He shall enter in, even to the progenies of his fathers: and he shall not see light for ever.
20 He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
21 Man, when he was in honour, did not understand: he was compared to beasts without understanding, and became like to them.
21 Man when he was in honor did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.