¹可拉子孙的诗，交给诗班长。万民哪！你们要听这话；世上的居民哪！你们要留心听。

¹To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

²不论地位高低，或贫或富，都要一同留心听。

²Both low and high, together rich and needy.

³我的口要说出智慧的话；我的心要默想明智的事。

³My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.

⁴我要留心聆听箴言；我要弹琴解开谜语。

⁴I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

⁵在患难的日子，暗中迫害我的恶人围绕我的时候，我何须惧怕呢？

⁵Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

⁶他们倚靠财富，自夸多财。

⁶Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

⁷但他们没有一个能把他的兄弟赎回，或把他的赎价交给　神，

⁷A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

⁸（因为他生命的赎价非常昂贵，只好永远放弃，）

⁸And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased — to the age.

⁹使他永远活着，不见朽坏。

⁹And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

¹⁰他看见智慧人死去，愚昧人和愚顽人一同灭亡，把他们的财产留给别人。

¹⁰For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

¹¹他们心里想，他们的家必永存，他们的住处必留到万代；他们以自己的名，称自己的地方。

¹¹Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

¹²但是人不能长享富贵；他们就像要灭亡的牲畜一样。

¹²And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

¹³这就是愚昧人的道路；但在他们以后的人，还欣赏他们的话。（细拉）

¹³This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

¹⁴他们好像羊群被派定下阴间；死亡必作他们的牧人。到了早晨，正直人要管辖他们；他们的形体必被阴间消灭，他们再没有住处。

¹⁴As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

¹⁵但　神必救赎我的灵魂脱离阴间的权势，因为他必把我接去。（细拉）

¹⁵Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

¹⁶别人发财，家室增荣的时候，你不要惧怕。

¹⁶Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

¹⁷因为他死的时候，什么也不能带走；他的荣华也不能随他下去。

¹⁷For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

¹⁸他在世的时候，虽然自称是有福的，并且说：“只要你丰足，人就称赞你。”

¹⁸For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

¹⁹他还要归到他历代的祖宗那里去，永不再见光明。

¹⁹It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

²⁰人享富贵而不聪明，就像要灭亡的牲畜一样。

²⁰Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!