Psalm Chapter 49 Back NextPsalm 49 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of
Korah.
{49:1} Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
{49:2} both low and high, rich and poor together.
{49:3} My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My
heart shall utter understanding.
{49:4} I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the
harp.
{49:5} Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
{49:6} Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
{49:7} none of them can by any means redeem his
brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
{49:8} For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
{49:9} That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
{49:10} For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
{49:11} Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
{49:12} But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
{49:13} This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
{49:14} They are appointed as a flock for
Sheol.
Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in
Sheol, far from their mansion.
{49:15} But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
{49:16} Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
{49:17} For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
{49:18} Though while he lived he
blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--
{49:19} he shall go to the generation of his
fathers. They shall never see the light.
{49:20} A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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