Psalms 49
1 To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
2 Both low and high, together rich and needy.
3 My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.
4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
8 And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased — to the age.
9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
11 Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
12 And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
13 This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
14 As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.
15 Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
16 Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
18 For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
19 It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
20 Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
Cross-references
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- 1Psa 78:1, Psa 33:8, Mat 11:15, Mat 28:19–20, Rom 10:18, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:7, Rom 3:29
- 2Psa 62:9, Jas 2:1–7, 1Sa 2:7–8, Jer 5:4–5, Pro 22:2, Job 34:19, Jas 1:9–11, Rev 6:15–17
- 3Mat 12:35, Psa 19:14, Pro 22:20–21, Pro 22:17, Job 33:3, Psa 119:130, Deu 32:2, 2Ti 3:15–17
- 4Psa 78:2, Mat 13:35, Num 12:8, Num 23:7, 2Co 3:12, Luk 12:3, Mat 13:11–15, Ezk 20:49
- 5Rom 8:33–34, Act 27:24, Php 1:28, Pro 24:10, Eph 5:16, Psa 23:4, Amo 5:13, Pro 5:22
- 61Ti 6:17, Ezk 28:4–5, Psa 52:7, Jer 9:23, Pro 11:28, Mrk 10:24, Luk 12:19, Pro 10:15
- 7Mat 16:26, Mat 20:28, 1Ti 2:6, 1Pe 1:18, Mat 25:9
- 8Mat 16:26, Job 36:18–19
- 9Psa 89:48, Psa 16:10, Ecc 8:8, Pro 10:2, Jhn 8:51–52, Pro 11:4, Act 2:27, Luk 16:22–23
- 10Luk 12:20, Psa 39:6, Ecc 5:13–16, 1Ti 6:6–10, Heb 9:27, Jer 10:8, Pro 30:2, Ecc 2:26
- 11Gen 4:17, Psa 5:9, Psa 64:6, Ezk 38:10, 2Sa 18:18, Psa 10:6, Act 8:22, 1Sa 15:12
- 12Ecc 3:18–21, Psa 39:5, Psa 49:20, Psa 82:7, Ecc 9:12, Jas 1:10–11, 1Pe 1:24
- 13Luk 12:20, 1Co 3:19, Luk 16:27–28, Luk 11:47–48, Jer 44:17
- 14Mal 4:3, 1Co 6:2, Job 24:19–20, Dan 7:22, Job 30:23, Luk 22:30, Rom 8:36, Jer 12:3
- 15Psa 73:24, Psa 56:13, Psa 86:13, Psa 89:48, Hos 13:14, Psa 16:10–11, Rev 5:9, Gen 5:24
- 16Psa 37:7, Psa 37:1, Rev 21:24, Rev 21:26, Est 3:1–6, Gen 31:1, Psa 49:5, Est 5:11
- 171Ti 6:7, Job 27:19, Ecc 5:15, Job 1:21, Luk 16:24, 1Co 15:43, Isa 10:3, Psa 17:14
- 18Luk 12:19, Deu 29:19, Psa 10:3, Act 12:20–22, Rev 13:3–4, Est 3:2, 1Sa 25:6, Hos 12:8
- 19Job 33:30, Psa 56:13, Gen 15:15, Luk 12:20, 1Ki 16:6, Luk 16:22–23, Ecc 12:7, Ecc 3:21
- 20Ecc 3:18–19, Psa 49:12, Est 7:10, Job 4:21, Psa 73:18–19, Est 5:11–14