Psalms 49
49
PSALM 49
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1Hear this, all people, and give ear,
all in the world that dwell;
2Both low and high, both rich and poor.
3My mouth shall wisdom tell:
My heart shall knowledge meditate.
4I will incline mine ear
To parables, and on the harp
my sayings dark declare.
5Amidst those days that evil be,
why should I, fearing, doubt?
When of my heels th' iniquity
shall compass me about.
6Whoe'er they be that in their wealth
their confidence do pitch,
And boast themselves, because they are
become exceeding rich:
7Yet none of these his brother can
redeem by any way;
Nor can he unto God for him
sufficient ransom pay,
8(Their soul's redemption precious is,
and it can never be,)
9That still he should for ever live,
and not corruption see.
10For why? he seeth that wise men die,
and brutish fools also
Do perish; and their wealth, when dead,
to others they let go.
11Their inward thought is, that their house
and dwelling-places shall
Stand through all ages; they their lands
by their own names do call.
12But yet in honour shall not man
abide continually;
But passing hence, may be compar'd
unto the beasts that die.
13Thus brutish folly plainly is
their wisdom and their way;
Yet their posterity approve
what they do fondly say.
14Like sheep they in the grave are laid,
and death shall them devour;
And in the morning upright men
shall over them have pow'r:
Their beauty from their dwelling shall
consume within the grave.
15But from hell's hand God will me free,
for he shall me receive.
16Be thou not then afraid when one
enriched thou dost see,
Nor when the glory of his house
advanced is on high:
17For he shall carry nothing hence
when death his days doth end;
Nor shall his glory after him
into the grave descend.
18Although he his own soul did bless
whilst he on earth did live;
(And when thou to thyself dost well,
men will thee praises give;)
19He to his fathers' race shall go,
they never shall see light.
20Man honour'd wanting knowledge is
like beasts that perish quite.
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Psalms 49
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PSALM 49.
1A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
2out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
21these things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
22Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
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