Psalm 49:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸For the ransom of life is costly,
and can never suffice,
⁹that one should live on for ever
and never see the grave.^[a]

¹⁰When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.

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Psalm 49:9 Heb the pit

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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