PsaΨαλμ PsalmsΨαλμοί, psalmψαλμός Book of PsalmsΨαλτήριον, psalmψαλμός 49

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Hear this, all ye peoples;

Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

Both low and high,

Rich and poor together.

My mouth shall speak wisdom;

And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

I will incline mine ear to a parable:

I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Psa 78:2; Mat 13:35

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,

When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

They that trust in their wealth,

And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;Job 36:18; Psa 52:7; Pro 11:4

None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor give to God a ransom for him1Jn 3:16

(For the redemption of their life is costly,

And it faileth for ever),Mat 16:26; Mrk 8:37; 1Pe 1:19

That he should still live alway,

That he should not see corruption.

For he shall see it. Wise men die;

The fool and the brutish alike perish,

And leave their wealth to others.Pro 11:4; Ecc 2:16; Ecc 6:2

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

And their dwelling-places to all generations;

They call their lands after their own names.

But man being in honor abideth not:

He is like the beasts that perish.Ecc 3:19

This their way is their folly:

Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;

Death shall be their shepherd:

And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;

And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,

That there be no habitation for it.Isa 14:11; Rev 2:27

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;

For he will receive me. [SelahPsa 16:10

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

When the glory of his house is increased:

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;

His glory shall not descend after him.Job 27:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul

(And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),Deu 29:19

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see the light.

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.Ecc 3:19; Luk 12:20