11 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
    and like a high wall in his imagination.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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12 For the protection of wisdom is like (A)the protection of money,
    and the advantage of knowledge is that (B)wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

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12 Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.

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19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (A)for many years; relax, (B)eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, (C)‘Fool! (D)This night (E)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (F)whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one (G)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(D)

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But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and (A)tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from (B)the land of the living. Selah
The righteous shall (C)see and fear,
    and shall (D)laugh at him, saying,
“See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but (E)trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck(A) you from your tent;
    he will uproot(B) you from the land of the living.(C)
The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh(D) at you, saying,
“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(E)
but trusted in his great wealth(F)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

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those who (A)trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
Truly no man (B)can ransom another,
    or (C)give to God (D)the price of his life,
for (E)the ransom of their life is costly
    and can never suffice,
that he should live on forever
    and (F)never see the pit.

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those who trust in their wealth(A)
    and boast(B) of their great riches?(C)
No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom(D) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(E)
so that they should live on(F) forever
    and not see decay.(G)

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24 (A)“If I have made gold my (B)trust
    or called (C)fine gold my confidence,
25 if I have (D)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
    or because (E)my hand had found much,

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24 “If I have put my trust in gold(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(B)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(C)
    the fortune my hands had gained,(D)

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31 For (A)their rock is not as our Rock;
    (B)our enemies are by themselves.

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31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(A)
    as even our enemies concede.(B)

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(A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    (B)but righteousness delivers from death.

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Wealth(A) is worthless in the day of wrath,(B)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(C)

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10 Put no trust in extortion;
    (A)set no vain hopes on robbery;
    (B)if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

11 (C)Once God has spoken;
    (D)twice have I heard this:
that (E)power belongs to God,

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10 Do not trust in extortion(A)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(B)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(C)

11 One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,(D)

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