Thematic Bible
Psalm 49:1 (show verse)
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
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Psalm 49:2 (show verse)
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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Psalm 49:3 (show verse)
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart intelligence.
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Psalm 49:4 (show verse)
I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will declare my enigma upon the harp.
Psalm 49:5 (show verse)
Why should I fear in the days of adversity when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
Psalm 49:6 (show verse)
Those that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalm 49:7 (show verse)
none of them can by any means ransom his brother, nor give God an atonement for him;
Psalm 49:8 (show verse)
(for the redemption of their soul is of great price, and they shall never pay it)
Psalm 49:9 (show verse)
that he should still live for ever and not see corruption.
Psalm 49:10 (show verse)
For he sees that all the wise men die, likewise the fool and the ignorant perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalm 49:11 (show verse)
Their inward thought is that their houses are eternal and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Psalm 49:12 (show verse)
Nevertheless man will not abide forever in honour; he is like the beasts that are cut off.
Psalm 49:13 (show verse)
This their way is their folly; yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalm 49:14 (show verse)
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalm 49:15 (show verse)
Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol when he shall take me. Selah.
Psalm 49:16 (show verse)
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalm 49:17 (show verse)
for in his death he shall carry nothing away; nor shall his glory descend after him.
Psalm 49:18 (show verse)
Though while he lives, his life shall be blessed: and men will praise thee when thou art prosperous.
Psalm 49:19 (show verse)
He shall enter into the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light forever.
Psalm 49:20 (show verse)
Man that is in honour that does not understand is like the beasts that are cut off.