8. No man can redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him.
9. For the redemption of a soul is costly— so, one should stop trying forever.
10. Will he live forever— and never see the Pit?
11. Surely he must see, even wise men die. The fool and the brutish will alike perish, leaving their wealth to others.
12. Their inward thought is: Their houses are eternal, their dwellings for generation after generation. They name their lands after themselves.
13. But the pompous man will not endure— he is like the beasts that perish.
14. Such is the way of the self-confident, and their followers who approve their sayings. Selah
15. Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd and the upright will rule over them in the morning. Their image will decay in Sheol— far from its lofty place.