Psalms 49:11-17

1. 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

2. 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

3. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

4. 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

5. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

6. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

7. 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

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