Psalm 49:16-20

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Be not afraid when one becomes rich,
    when the glory^[a] of his house increases.
¹⁷ For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
    his glory^[b] 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.
²⁰ Man cannot abide in his pomp,
    he is like the beasts that perish.