Psalms 49
1 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to Elohim a ransom for him:
8 Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever: )
9 And shall still live unto the end.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. (Selah)
14 They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory. (Sheol h7585)
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. (Sheol h7585)
But Elohim will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
