Warning: All you people

Warning: all you peoples Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, young and old, rich and poor! I listen to the phrases that inspire me: Why should I fear in days of calamity, when the iniquity of my adversaries envelops me? The wicked trust in their possessions, And boast of their great wealth. They cannot redeem themselves, Nor give God the price of redemption. The redemption of their souls is dear and will never take place; They won't live forever, They won't avoid the sight of the pit. Because they will see it: the wise die, The foolish and the stupid also perish. And they leave their possessions to others. They imagine that their dwellings will be eternal, That their dwellings will last from age to age, they whose names are honored on earth. But the man who is in the spotlight does not last, he is like the animals that are slaughtered. Such is their way, their madness, And those who follow them delight in their conversation. Like a herd they are brought into Hades, Deat...