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- The wealth of the rich is his fortified city - AT: "A rich person will try to protect himself with his wealth" (See::en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- fortified city - city with strong defences like walls and towers
- in his imagination it is like a high wall - The protection provided by wealth is not real but only imagined.
- Before his downfall a person's heart is proud - AT: "First a person is proud, but then comes his downfall"
- his downfall - AT: "he falls down" or "he is humiliated" or "his life and reputation are destroyed" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_abstractnouns)
- humility comes before honor - AT: "humility leads to honor"