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| Psalms 49:1 | <Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.> Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world. | Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, |
| Psalms 49:2 | High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth. | Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| Psalms 49:3 | From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge. | My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. |
| Psalms 49:4 | I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music. | I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
| Psalms 49:5 | What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me? | Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about? |
| Psalms 49:6 | Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. | They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
| Psalms 49:7 | Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; | None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; |
| Psalms 49:8 | (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) | (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) |
| Psalms 49:9 | So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld. | That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. |
| Psalms 49:10 | For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others. | For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. |
| Psalms 49:11 | The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands. | Their 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. |
| Psalms 49:12 | But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. | But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. |
| Psalms 49:13 | This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.) | This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah |
| Psalms 49:14 | Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever. | 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. |
| Psalms 49:15 | But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.) | But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah |
| Psalms 49:16 | Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased; | Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. |
| Psalms 49:17 | For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. | For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. |
| Psalms 49:18 | Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself, | Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) |
| Psalms 49:19 | He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again. | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. |
| Psalms 49:20 | Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. | Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph. |
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