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Psalms 49
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49A psalm of the sons of Korah. Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don't miss this.H5329H4210H1121H7141H8085H5971H238H3427H2465 2All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.H1121H120H1121H376H6223H34H3162 3I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life.H6310H1696H2454H1900H3820H8394 4I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.H5186H241H4912H6605H2420H3658 5So why should I fear in bad times, hemmed in by enemy malice,H3372H3117H7451H5771H6120H5437 6Shoved around by bullies, demeaned by the arrogant rich?H982H2428H1984H7230H6239 7Really! There's no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.H376H6299H6299H251H5414H430H3724 8The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn't guaranteeH6306H5315H3365H2308H5769 9Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.H2421H5331H7200H7845 10Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and dunces.H7200H2450H4191H3162H3684H1198H6H5800H2428H312 11They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!H7130H1004H5769H4908H1755H1755H7121H127H8034 12We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.H120H3366H3885H4911H929H1820 13This is what happens to those who live for the moment, who only look out for themselves:H1870H3689H310H7521H6310H5542 14Death herds them like sheep straight to hell; they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing— nothing left but a marker in a cemetery.H6629H8371H7585H4194H7462H3477H7287H1242H6697H6736H1086H7585H2073 15But me? God snatches me from the clutch of death, he reaches down and grabs me.H430H6299H5315H3027H7585H3947H5542 16So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune.H3372H376H6238H3519H1004H7235 17They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind.H4194H3947H3519H3381H310 18Just when they think they've arrived and folks praise them because they've made good,H2416H1288H5315H3034H3190 19They enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again.H935H1755H1H3808H5331H7200H216 20We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.H120H3366H995H4911H929H1820


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