⁵ Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^(A)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,^[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.

¹⁸ Truly you set them in ^(A)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
¹⁹ How they are destroyed ^(B)in a moment,
    swept away utterly by ^(C)terrors!
²⁰ Like ^(D)a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when ^(E)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

¹⁰ For he sees ^(G)that even the wise die;
    ^(H)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
    and ^(I)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their ^(J)graves are their homes forever,^[a]
    their dwelling places ^(K)to all generations,
    though they ^(L)called lands by their own names.
¹² Man in his pomp ^(M)will not remain;
    ^(N)he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the path of those who have ^(O)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[b] Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(P)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(Q)Their form shall be consumed ^(R)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵ But God will ^(S)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(T)receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
^17 (U)For when he dies he will ^(V)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸ For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(W)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ his soul will ^(X)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(Y)see light.
^20 (Z)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

⁷ A merchant, in whose hands are ^(A)false balances,
    he loves ^(B)to oppress.
⁸ Ephraim has said, “Ah, but ^(C)I am rich;
    I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors ^(D)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”