“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise,
    that they are futile.”

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

¹⁰ When we look at the wise, they die;
    fool and dolt perish together
    and leave their wealth to others.^(A)
11 Their graves^[a] are their homes forever,
    their dwelling places to all generations,
    though they named lands their own.^(B)
12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
    they are like the animals that perish.^(C)

¹³ Such is the fate of the foolhardy,
    the end of those^[b] who are pleased with their lot. Selah^(D)