The Folly of Trusting in Riches

Psalms 49:5-12

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.

And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Their heart is : Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.