Psalms 49 : 1 (YLT)
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
Psalms 49 : 2 (YLT)
Both low and high, together rich and needy.
Psalms 49 : 3 (YLT)
My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart *are things of understanding.
Psalms 49 : 4 (YLT)
I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Psalms 49 : 5 (YLT)
Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
Psalms 49 : 6 (YLT)
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Psalms 49 : 7 (YLT)
A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
Psalms 49 : 8 (YLT)
And precious *is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
Psalms 49 : 9 (YLT)
And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
Psalms 49 : 10 (YLT)
For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
Psalms 49 : 11 (YLT)
Their heart *is : Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Psalms 49 : 12 (YLT)
And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
Psalms 49 : 13 (YLT)
This their way *is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
Psalms 49 : 14 (YLT)
As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form *is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.
Psalms 49 : 15 (YLT)
Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
Psalms 49 : 16 (YLT)
Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
Psalms 49 : 17 (YLT)
For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
Psalms 49 : 18 (YLT)
For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
Psalms 49 : 19 (YLT)
It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
Psalms 49 : 20 (YLT)
Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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