Psalm 49:4-6

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⁴I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

⁵Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
⁶men who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?

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