1. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
2. both low and high, rich and poor together.
3. My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
4. I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
5. Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6. Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
7. none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.