⁷ Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, `Thou art' my confidence;

²⁵ If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

⁵ Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. And `Pilate' saith unto them, Behold, the man!

⁷ `He is' a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

⁸ And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

⁵ Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

¹⁶ They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, `saying', Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

¹⁷ that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

⁸ There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

³ Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

⁵ Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

¹⁸ Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

¹⁹ How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰ As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

⁸ They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

¹⁰ Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full `cup' are drained by them.

¹¹ And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

⁹ Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart `thereon'.

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 life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)

⁹ That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

¹⁰ For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike 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 But man `being' in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

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

¹⁴ They 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.

¹⁵ But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will 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 praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

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

²⁰ Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph.

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;