49 (B). NEED OF REDEMPTION REALIZED. (Alternation and Introversion)
INTRODUCTION.
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All to hear. |
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1. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: |
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2. Both low and high, rich and poor, together. |
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I will speak. |
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3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. |
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4. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
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Why fear? (two lines.) |
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5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? |
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No redemption from man (four lines. Alt.) |
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6. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
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7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: |
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8. (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
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9. That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. |
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Death. (two lines.) |
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10∼. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, |
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Worldly wisdom. (four line. Int.) |
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∼10. and leave their wealth to others. |
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11. Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. |
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Man like the beasts (two lines.) |
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12. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. |
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Worldly wisdom (two lines.) Selah. |
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13. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. |
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Death (two lines. Int.). |
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14. Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. |
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Redemption for me (two lines). Selah. |
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15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. |
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Fear not! (four lines. Alt.). |
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16. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; |
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17. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. |
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18. Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. |
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19. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. |
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Man like the beasts (two lines). |
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20. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. |