Ps 49:1 Hear this, all you peoples; / Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
Ps 49:2 Both low and high, / Rich and poor together;
Ps 49:3 My mouth will speak wisdom, / And the meditation of my heart will be that of understanding.
Ps 49:4 I will incline my ear to a parable; / I will disclose my riddle upon the harp.
Ps 49:5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, / When the iniquity of those who supplant me surrounds me,
Ps 49:6 Those who trust in their wealth / And boast in the multitude of their riches?
Ps 49:7 None can by any means redeem his brother / Or give to God a ransom for him
Ps 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is costly / And must be given up forever),
Ps 49:9 That he would yet live always / And not see corruption.
Ps 49:10 For he will see that wise men die; / The foolish one and the senseless one perish alike / And leave their wealth to others.
Ps 49:11 Their inward thought is that their houses will remain forever, / That their habitations will remain from generation to generation; / They call lands after their own names.
Ps 49:12 But man in honor does not remain; / He is like the beasts that perish.
Ps 49:13 Such is the way of those who are self-confident, / And of those after them who approve of their sayings. Selah
Ps 49:14 Like a flock, they are appointed for Sheol; / Death will shepherd them. / And straight to the grave they will descend, / And their form will be for Sheol to consume / That there be no abode for them.
Ps 49:15 But God will redeem my soul / From the power of Sheol, / For He will receive me. Selah
Ps 49:16 Do not fear when a man becomes rich, / When the glory of his house increases.
Ps 49:17 For when he dies, he will take nothing; / His glory will not descend after him.
Ps 49:18 Though he blessed his soul while he lived — / And men praise you when you do good for yourself —
Ps 49:19 It will go to the generation of his fathers; / They will never see light.
Ps 49:20 A man in honor but without understanding / Is like the beasts that perish.
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