1. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
2. both low and high, rich and poor together.
3. My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
4. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will propound my riddle on a lyre.
5. Why should I fear in times of calamity, when iniquity surrounds me at my heels,
6. those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?
7. Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom
8. (since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails),