that he should live on forever
    and (A)never see the pit.

10 For he sees (B)that even the wise die;
    (C)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and (D)leave their wealth to others.
11 Their (E)graves are their homes forever,[a]
    their dwelling places (F)to all generations,
    though they (G)called lands by their own names.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever

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