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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 49: 12 (49:13) But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49: 13 (49:14) This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
Psalms 49: 14 (49:15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 49: 15 (49:16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
Psalms 49: 16 (49:17) Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
Psalms 49: 17 (49:18) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
Psalms 49: 18 (49:19) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
Psalms 49: 19 (49:20) It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
Psalms 49: 20 (49:21) Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 50: 1 A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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