PSALMS 49:11-20

¹¹Their 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.

¹²But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

¹⁴They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

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

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

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

¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.

²⁰Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.