English Bible Presentation Sharing - Psalms Book, chapter 49, verse 173 in Hcsb Version

Psalms 49 : 1 (HCSB)

*For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world,

Psalms 49 : 2 (HCSB)

both low and high, rich and poor together.

Psalms 49 : 3 (HCSB)

My mouth speaks wisdom; my heart's meditation *brings understanding.

Psalms 49 : 4 (HCSB)

I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.

Psalms 49 : 5 (HCSB)

Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

Psalms 49 : 6 (HCSB)

They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalms 49 : 7 (HCSB)

Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God--

Psalms 49 : 8 (HCSB)

since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying--

Psalms 49 : 9 (HCSB)

so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.

Psalms 49 : 10 (HCSB)

For one can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.

Psalms 49 : 11 (HCSB)

Their graves are their eternal homes, their homes from generation to generation, though they have named estates after themselves.

Psalms 49 : 12 (HCSB)

But despite *his assets, man will not last; he is like the animals that perish.

Psalms 49 : 13 (HCSB)

This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. Selah

Psalms 49 : 14 (HCSB)

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will waste away in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Psalms 49 : 15 (HCSB)

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol, for He will take me. Selah

Psalms 49 : 16 (HCSB)

Do not be afraid when a man gets rich, when the wealth of his house increases.

Psalms 49 : 17 (HCSB)

For when he dies, he will take nothing at all; his wealth will not follow him down.

Psalms 49 : 18 (HCSB)

Though he praises himself during his lifetime-- and people praise you when you do well for yourself--

Psalms 49 : 19 (HCSB)

he will go to the generation of his fathers; they will never see the light.

Psalms 49 : 20 (HCSB)

A man with valuable possessions but without understanding is like the animals that perish.