Psalms 49 : 1 (RV)
Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
Psalms 49 : 2 (RV)
Both low and high, rich and poor together.
Psalms 49 : 3 (RV)
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalms 49 : 4 (RV)
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalms 49 : 5 (RV)
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Psalms 49 : 6 (RV)
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalms 49 : 7 (RV)
None cf15i of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms 49 : 8 (RV)
(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)
Psalms 49 : 9 (RV)
That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
Psalms 49 : 10 (RV)
For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 49 : 11 (RV)
Their inward thought is, cf15i that their houses cf15i shall continue for ever, cf15i and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Psalms 49 : 12 (RV)
But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49 : 13 (RV)
This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. cf15i Selah
Psalms 49 : 14 (RV)
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.
Psalms 49 : 15 (RV)
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. cf15i Selah
Psalms 49 : 16 (RV)
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
Psalms 49 : 17 (RV)
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms 49 : 18 (RV)
Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,
Psalms 49 : 19 (RV)
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
Psalms 49 : 20 (RV)
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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