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| Psalms 49:1 | Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, | <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. |
| Psalms 49:2 | Both low and high, Rich and poor together. | High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth. |
| Psalms 49:3 | My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. | From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge. |
| Psalms 49:4 | I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp. | I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music. |
| Psalms 49:5 | Why should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels surrounds me? | 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? |
| Psalms 49:6 | Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches | Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. |
| Psalms 49:7 | None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him. | Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; |
| Psalms 49:8 | For the redemption of their life is costly, No payment is ever enough, | (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) |
| Psalms 49:9 | That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption. | So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld. |
| Psalms 49:10 | For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others. | 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. |
| Psalms 49:11 | Their inward thought is, that their houses endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names. | 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. |
| Psalms 49:12 | But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish. | But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. |
| Psalms 49:13 | This is the destiny of those who are foolish, And of those who approve their sayings. Selah. | 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.) |
| Psalms 49:14 | They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. | 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. |
| Psalms 49:15 | But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For he will receive me. Selah. | But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.) |
| Psalms 49:16 | Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. | Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased; |
| Psalms 49:17 | For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him. | For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. |
| Psalms 49:18 | Though while he lived he blessed his soul And men praise you when you do well for yourself | Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself, |
| Psalms 49:19 | He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. | He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again. |
| Psalms 49:20 | A man who has riches without understanding, Is like the animals that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm by Asaph. | Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. |
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