Psalms 49
1 For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
2 both low and high, rich and poor together.
3 My mouth will speak wisdom and the meditation of my heart will be of understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will begin my parable with the harp.
5 Why should I fear the days of evil, when iniquity surrounds me at my heels?
6 Why should I fear those who trust in their wealth and boast about the amount of their riches?
7 It is certain that no one can redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him,
8 For the redemption of one's life is costly, and no one can pay what we owe.
9 No one can live forever so that his body should not decay.
10 For he will see decay. Wise men die; the fool and the brute alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inner thought is that their families will continue forever, and the places where they live, to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 But man, having wealth, does not remain alive; he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This, their way, is their folly; yet after them, men approve of their sayings. Selah
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol, and death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol, with no place for them to live.
15 But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol; he will receive me. Selah
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, and the glory of his house increases.
17 For when he dies he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
18 He blessed his soul while he lived— and men praise you when you live for yourself—
19 he will go to the generation of his fathers and they will never see the light again.
20 One who has wealth but no understanding is like the beasts, which perish.
Ngaahi fetuʻutaki veesi
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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