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13 The same thing will happen to fools,
    and to those who copy their way of life.
Selah.
14 They will follow one another like sheep.
Death will be their shepherd
    that leads them into their graves.
But when the day arrives,
    righteous people will rule over them.
They will no longer live in their great houses,
    but death will destroy their bodies in their graves.
15 But God will save my life from the power of death.
    He will take me to a safe place with him.
Selah.

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13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(A)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[a]
14 They are like sheep and are destined(B) to die;(C)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail(D) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;(E)
    he will surely take me to himself.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.