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17 For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
    his glory[a] will not go down after him.
18 Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy,
    and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,
19 he will go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never more see the light.

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  1. Psalm 49:17 Or wealth

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