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