Psalms - Chapter 49 | American Standard Version

  • 1. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
  • 2. Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
  • 3. My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
  • 4. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  • 5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
  • 6. They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  • 7. None {cf15i of them} can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him
  • 8. (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),
  • 9. That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
  • 10. For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
  • 11. Their inward thought is, {cf15i that} their houses {cf15i shall continue} for ever, {cf15i And} their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
  • 12. But man {cf15i being} in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
  • 13. This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {cf15i Selah.}
  • 14. 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.
  • 15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {cf15i Selah.}
  • 16. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
  • 17. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
  • 18. Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),
  • 19. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
  • 20. Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
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