To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
1 canticum Asaph
fortis Deus Dominus locutus est et vocavit terram
ab ortu solis usque ad occasum eius
2 de Sion perfecta decore Deus apparuit
3 veniet Deus noster et non tacebit
ignis coram eo vorabit et in circuitu eius tempestas valida
4 vocabit caelum desursum
et terram ut iudicet populum suum
5 congregate mihi sanctos meos
qui feriunt pactum meum in sacrificio
6 et adnuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius quia Deus iudex est semper
7 audi popule meus et loquar Israhel et contestabor te
Deus Deus tuus ego sum
8 non propter victimas tuas arguam te
et holocaustomata tua coram me sunt semper
9 non accipiam de domo tua vitulum neque de gregibus tuis hircos
10 mea sunt enim omnia animalia silvarum
pecudes in montibus milium
11 scio omnes aves montium et universitas agri mecum est
12 si esuriero non dicam tibi meus est enim orbis et plenitudo eius
13 numquid comedam carnem taurorum
aut sanguinem hircorum bibam
14 immola Deo laudem et redde Altissimo vota tua
15 et invoca me in die tribulationis
liberabo te et glorificabis me
16 impio autem dixit Deus
quid tibi est cum narratione praeceptorum meorum
et ut adsumas pactum meum in ore tuo
17 qui odisti disciplinam et proiecisti verba mea post te
18 si videbas furem consentiebas ei et cum adulteris erat pars tua
19 os tuum dimisisti ad malitiam et lingua tua concinnavit dolum
20 sedens adversum fratrem tuum loquebaris
et adversum filium matris tuae fabricabaris obprobrium
21 haec fecisti et tacui
existimasti futurum me similem tui
arguam te et proponam te ante oculos tuos
22 intellegite hoc qui obliviscimini Deum
ne forte capiam et non sit qui liberet
23 qui immolat confessionem glorificat me
et qui ordinate ambulat ostendam ei salutare Dei