Chapter 48

The royal Prophet inviting all states and sorts of men to hear him attentively, ℣.6 sheweth that all ought to fear eternal damnation, that live wickedly; ℣.9 vainly and foolishly seeking (℣.13 even like brute beasts) carnal pleasures, which they can not long enjoy, nor long escape hell: ℣.16 confidently animating himself, and all good men, that trust not in this world.

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   Unto the end, to the sons of Core a Psalm.

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   receive with your ears all ye that inhabit Hear these things all ye Gentiles: the earth.

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   All ye earthly persons, and children of men: together in one, the rich and the poor.

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   My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart prudence.

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   I will incline mine ear unto a parable: I will open my proposition on a Psalter.

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   Why shall I fear in the evil day? The iniquity of my heel shall compass me.

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   They that trust in their strength: and glory in the multitude of their riches.

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   A brother doth not redeem, man shall redeem: he shall not give unto God his reconciliation.

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   And the price of the redemption of his own soul: and he shall labour for ever,

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    and shall live yet unto the end.

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    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:

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    and their sepulchres their houses for ever. Their Tabernacles in generation and generation: they have renowned their names in their lands.

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    And man when he was in honour did not understand: he was compared to beasts without understanding, and became like to them.

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    This their way is a scandal to them: and afterward in their mouth they shall take pleasure.

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    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.

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    Nevertheless God will redeem my soul out of the hand of hell, when he shall take me,

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    Fear not when a man shall be made rich: and when the glory of his house shall be multiplied.

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    Because when he shall die, he shall not take all things: neither shall his glory go down with him.

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    Because his soul in his life shall be blessed: he will confess to thee when thou shalt do him good.

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    He shall enter in, even to the progenies of his fathers: and he shall not see light for ever.

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    Man, when he was in honour, did not understand: he was compared to beasts without understanding, and became like to them.