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11 Their inner thoughts are on[a] their homes forever;
    their dwellings from generation to generation.
        They even name their lands after themselves.
12 But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit;[b]
    it will pass away just like the animals.[c]
13 This is the fate of those who are foolish
    and of those who correct their words after they speak.
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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 So MT DSS 4QPsc 4QPsj; LXX reads Their graves are
  2. Psalm 49:12 So MT; DSS 4QPsc Syr LXX read Humans, held in honor, had no understanding;
  3. Psalm 49:12 So MT; LXX reads they resembled senseless animals, and became like them; DSS 4QPsc read they are like animals that perish