Psalms 49:12-20

¹²Yet man, who is in honor, abideth not; He is like the beasts that perish.

¹³Such is the way which is their confidence! And they who come after them approve their maxims. Pause.

¹⁴Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place.

¹⁵But God will redeem my life from the underworld; Yea, he will take me under his care. Pause.

¹⁶Be not thou afraid, when one becometh rich; When the glory of his house is increased!

¹⁷For, when he dieth, he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.

¹⁸Though in his life he thought himself happy,—Though men praised thee, while thou wast in prosperity,—

¹⁹Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!

²⁰The man who is in honor, but without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.