49Psalms 49

1Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:Select Psalms 49:1

2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.Select Psalms 49:2

3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.Select Psalms 49:3

4I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.Select Psalms 49:4

5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?Select Psalms 49:5

6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;Select Psalms 49:6

7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:Select Psalms 49:7

8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)Select Psalms 49:8

9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.Select Psalms 49:9

10For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.Select Psalms 49:10

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.Select Psalms 49:11

12Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish.Select Psalms 49:12

13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.Select Psalms 49:13

14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.Select Psalms 49:14

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.Select Psalms 49:15

16Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;Select Psalms 49:16

17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.Select Psalms 49:17

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.Select Psalms 49:18

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.Select Psalms 49:19

20Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish.Select Psalms 49:20