3. (4) My mouth shall speak chochmot; and the meditation of my lev tevunot (understanding).
4. (5) I will incline mine ear to a mashal; I will disclose my dark saying upon the kinnor (harp).
5. (6) Why should I fear in the days of rah, when the avon (iniquity) of my akev (supplanters, deceivers) surrounds me?
6. (7) They that trust in their chayil (wealth), and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches);
7. (8) A brother cannot by any means redeem ish (man), nor give to Elohim a kofer (ransom) for him--
8. (9) For the pidyon [ransom] of their nefesh is costly, and is forever beyond their power to pay--
9. (10) That he should live on lanetzach, and not see shachat (corruption, decay, the pit [cf Psa16:10]).
10. (11) For he seeth that chachamim die, likewise the kesil (foolish) and the ba'ar (brutish, senseless person, dolt) perish, and leave their chayil (wealth) to others.
11. (12) Their inward thought is, that their batim (houses) shall continue l'olam and their mishkenot (dwelling places) l'odor vador; though they call their lands by their shmot (names).
12. (13) Nevertheless adam in his pomp endureth not; he is like the behemot (beasts) that perish.