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The Book of Psalms

Chapter 49

American Standard Version

Ps 49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
Ps 49:2Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
Ps 49:3My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Ps 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Ps 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Ps 49:6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Ps 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
Ps 49:8(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)
Ps 49:9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
Ps 49:10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Ps 49:11Their 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.
Ps 49:12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
Ps 49:13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
Ps 49:14They 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.
Ps 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah
Ps 49:16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.
Ps 49:17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
Ps 49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)
Ps 49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
Ps 49:20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. A Psalm of Asaph.