⁷ No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(B)
9 so that they should live on^(C) forever
    and not see decay.^(D)
10 For all can see that the wise die,^(E)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(F) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(G) to others.^(H)
11 Their tombs^(I) will remain their houses^[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,^(J)
    though they had^[b] named^(K) lands after themselves.

¹² People, despite their wealth, do not endure;^(L)
    they are like the beasts that perish.^(M)

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,^(N)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.^[c]
14 They are like sheep and are destined^(O) to die;^(P)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(Q) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(R)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(S)