Thematic Bible
Psalm 49:1 (show verse)
Hear this, all [you] peoples; give ear, all [you] 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 will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart [will be] understanding.
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Psalm 49:4 (show verse)
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.
Psalm 49:5 (show verse)
Why should I fear in {times of calamity}, [when] iniquity surrounds me at my heels,
Psalm 49:6 (show verse)
those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?
Psalm 49:7 (show verse)
Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom
Psalm 49:8 (show verse)
(since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails),
Psalm 49:9 (show verse)
so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.
Psalm 49:10 (show verse)
For he sees [that] the wise die, together [with the] fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next [generation].
Psalm 49:11 (show verse)
Within them [they think] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling places from generation to generation. They {name} [their] lands by their [own] names.
Psalm 49:12 (show verse)
But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish.
Psalm 49:13 (show verse)
This [is] the journey [of those who] have foolish [confidence], and those after them [who] accept their sayings. Selah
Psalm 49:14 (show verse)
Like sheep they are destined to Sheol; death will shepherd them. But the upright will rule over them in the morning, and their forms [will be for] Sheol to consume, [far from] his lofty abode.
Psalm 49:15 (show verse)
Surely God will ransom my life from the {power} of Sheol, because he will receive me. Selah
Psalm 49:16 (show verse)
Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house increases,
Psalm 49:17 (show verse)
because when he dies he will not take [away] any [of it]. His wealth will not follow down after him.
Psalm 49:18 (show verse)
Though he congratulated his soul while he was living --and [people] will praise you when you do well for yourself--
Psalm 49:19 (show verse)
it will go to the generation of his fathers. Never will they see light.
Psalm 49:20 (show verse)
Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.