⁵ Why should I ^(I)fear in days of adversity,
When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
⁶ Those who ^(J)trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
⁷ No one can by any means ^(K)redeem another
Or give God a ^(L)ransom for him—
⁸ For ^(M)the redemption of ^[b]his soul is priceless,
And he should cease imagining forever—
⁹ That he might ^(N)live on eternally,
That he might not ^[c](O)undergo decay.

¹⁰ For he sees that even ^(P)wise people die;
The ^(Q)foolish and the stupid alike perish
And ^(R)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^[d](S)inner thought is that their houses ^(T)are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have ^(U)named their lands after their own names.
¹² But ^(V)man in his splendor will not endure;
He is like the animals that ^[e]perish.

¹³ This is the ^(W)way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who ^(X)approve their words. Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they sink down ^(Y)to ^[f]Sheol;
Death will be their shepherd;
And the ^(Z)upright will rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for ^[g]Sheol ^(AA)to consume
^[h]So that they have no lofty home.
¹⁵ But God will ^(AB)redeem my soul from the ^[i]power of ^[j]Sheol,
For ^(AC)He will receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Do not be afraid ^(AD)when a person becomes rich,
When the splendor of his house is increased;
¹⁷ For when he dies, he will ^(AE)take nothing with him;
His ^[k]wealth will not descend after him.
¹⁸ Though while he lives he ^(AF)congratulates ^[l]himself—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—
^19 [m]He will ^(AG)go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see ^(AH)the light.
^20 (AI)Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding,
Is ^(AJ)like the animals that ^[n]perish.