Psalms 49 : 1 (ESV)
TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Psalms 49 : 2 (ESV)
both low and high, rich and poor together!
Psalms 49 : 3 (ESV)
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Psalms 49 : 4 (ESV)
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
Psalms 49 : 5 (ESV)
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
Psalms 49 : 6 (ESV)
those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
Psalms 49 : 7 (ESV)
Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
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for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,
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that he should live on forever and never see the pit.
Psalms 49 : 10 (ESV)
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 : 11 (ESV)
Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
Psalms 49 : 12 (ESV)
Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49 : 13 (ESV)
This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
Psalms 49 : 14 (ESV)
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
Psalms 49 : 15 (ESV)
But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
Psalms 49 : 16 (ESV)
Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.
Psalms 49 : 17 (ESV)
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Psalms 49 : 18 (ESV)
For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed,- and though you get praise when you do well for yourself-
Psalms 49 : 19 (ESV)
his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.
Psalms 49 : 20 (ESV)
Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
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