< Psalms 49 >

1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” Hear this, all ye nations; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world;
to/for to conduct to/for son: descendant/people Korah melody to hear: hear this all [the] people to listen all to dwell lifetime/world
2 Both high and low, rich and poor alike!
also son: descendant/people man also son: descendant/people man unitedness rich and needy
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my mind shall be understanding.
lip my to speak: speak wisdom and meditation heart my understanding
4 I will incline mine ear to a poem; I will utter my song upon the harp.
to stretch to/for proverb ear my to open in/on/with lyre riddle my
5 Why should I fear in the days of adversity, When the iniquity of my adversaries encompasseth me;
to/for what? to fear in/on/with day bad: evil iniquity: crime heel my to turn: surround me
6 They who trust in their riches, And glory in the greatness of their wealth?
[the] to trust upon strength: rich their and in/on/with abundance riches their to boast: boast
7 No one can redeem his brother from death, Nor give a ransom for him to God,
brother: compatriot not to ransom to ransom man: anyone not to give: give to/for God ransom his
8 That he should live to eternity, And not see the pit.
and be precious redemption soul their and to cease to/for forever: enduring
9 Too costly is the redemption of his life, And he giveth it up for ever.
and to live still to/for perpetuity not to see: see [the] Pit: hell (questioned)
10 For he seeth that wise men die, As well as the foolish and the ignorant; They perish alike, And leave their wealth to others.
for to see: see wise to die unitedness fool and stupid to perish and to leave: forsake to/for another strength: rich their
11 They imagine that their houses will endure for ever, And their dwelling-places from generation to generation: Men celebrate their names on the earth.
entrails: inner parts their house: home their to/for forever: enduring tabernacle their to/for generation and generation to call: call by in/on/with name their upon land: soil
12 Yet man, who is in honor, abideth not; He is like the beasts that perish.
and man in/on/with preciousness not to lodge to liken like/as animal to cease
13 Such is the way which is their confidence! And they who come after them approve their maxims. (Pause)
this way: conduct their loin to/for them and after them in/on/with lip: word their to accept (Selah)
14 Like sheep they are cast into the underworld; Death shall feed upon them; And the upright shall soon trample upon them. Their form shall be consumed in the underworld, And they shall no more have a dwelling-place. (Sheol h7585)
like/as flock to/for hell: Sheol to appoint death to pasture them and to rule in/on/with them upright to/for morning (and rock their *Q(K)*) to/for to become old hell: Sheol from elevation to/for him (Sheol h7585)
15 But God will redeem my life from the underworld; Yea, he will take me under his care. (Pause) (Sheol h7585)
surely God to ransom soul my from hand: power hell: Sheol for to take: recieve me (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
16 Be not thou afraid, when one becometh rich; When the glory of his house is increased!
not to fear for to enrich man: anyone for to multiply glory house: home his
17 For, when he dieth, he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.
for not in/on/with death his to take: take [the] all not to go down after him glory his
18 Though in his life he thought himself happy, —Though men praised thee, while thou wast in prosperity, —
for soul his in/on/with life his to bless and to give thanks you for be good to/for you
19 Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!
to come (in): come till generation father his till perpetuity not to see: see light
20 The man who is in honor, but without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
man in/on/with preciousness and not to understand to liken like/as animal to cease

< Psalms 49 >