Psalms 49
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Psalm 49
Misplaced Trust in Wealth
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,#Ps 78:1; Mc 1:2
2both low and high,
rich and poor together.#Ps 62:9
3My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart’s meditation brings understanding.#Ps 37:30
4I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.#Nm 12:8; Mt 13:35
5Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.#Ps 23:4; 27:1
6They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.#Jb 31:24; Ps 52:7; Pr 11:28
7Yet these cannot redeem a person#49:7 Or Certainly he cannot redeem himself, or Yet he cannot redeem a brother
or pay his ransom to God#Jb 36:18–19; Mt 25:8–9 —
8since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying#49:8 Or costly, it will cease forever#Mt 16:26 —
9so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.#Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10
10For one can see that the wise die;
the foolish and stupid also pass away.#Ec 2:16
Then they leave their wealth to others.#Ps 39:6; Ec 2:18–19; Lk 12:20
11Their graves are their permanent homes,#49:11 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Their inner thought is that their houses are eternal
their dwellings from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.#Ps 5:9; 10:6
12But despite his assets,#49:12 Or honor mankind will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.#Ec 3:19
13This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.#49:13 Lit and after them with their mouth they were pleased#Ps 31:23; Pr 16:18; 21:24Selah
14Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,#Rv 2:26
and their form will waste away in Sheol,#49:14 Hb obscure
far from their lofty abode.#Jb 24:19; Ps 9:17
15But God will redeem me
from the power of Sheol,
for he will take me.#Ps 16:10; 56:13; Hs 13:14Selah
16Do not be afraid when a person gets rich,
when the wealth#49:16 Or glory, also in v. 17 of his house increases.#Ps 37:7
17For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.#Jb 27:19; Ps 17:14; 1Tm 6:7
18Though he blesses himself during his lifetime —
and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself#Dt 29:19; Ps 10:3,6 —
19he will go to the generation of his ancestors;
they will never see the light.#Gn 15:15; Jb 33:30; Ps 56:13
20Mankind, with his assets
but without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.#Ec 3:19
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