7 Qui confidunt in virtute sua
et in multitudine divitiarum suarum gloriantur.
8 Etenim seipsum non redimet homo;
non dabit Deo propitiationem suam.
9 Nimium est pretium redemptionis animae eius:
ad ultimum deficiet,
10 ut vivat usque in finem nec videat interitum.
11 Et videbit sapientes morientes;
simul insipiens et stultus peribunt
et relinquent alienis divitias suas.

They trust in their own strength
and glory in their great riches.
But, after all, man cannot redeem himself,
he cannot ransom himself before God.
The price of his soul’s redemption is too great, he cannot pay it –
the price of eternal death avoided.
He will see that even the wise die;
the foolish and the stupid too will perish,
and their riches will pass to others.

(Psalm 49:7-11)