Psalms 49:7-12

⁷They may be rich, but no one can pay money with the result that he would live forever! No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him to continue to live,

⁸because that cost is too grreat, and he will never be able to pay enough

⁹with the result that he will live forever and never die and be buried!

¹⁰We see that foolish and stupid people die, but we see that wise people also die; they all leave their wealth, and others inherit it.

¹¹Those wise people once had houses on land that they owned, but now their graves are their homes forever, the place where they will stay for all time!

¹²Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; all people die, the same as animals do.