Psalm 49
49
Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of #Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah.
1 #
Ps. 78:1; Isa. 1:2; Mic. 1:2 Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 #
Ps. 62:9
both low and high,
rich and poor together!
3My mouth shall speak #Prov. 1:20; 9:1wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4I will incline my ear to #[Ps. 78:2; Matt. 13:35] a proverb;
I will solve my #Num. 12:8; Prov. 1:6riddle to the music of the lyre.
5 # [Ps. 37:1] Why should I fear in #Ps. 94:13times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
6those who #Ps. 52:7; Prov. 11:28; Mark 10:24, 25; [Job 31:24]trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7Truly no man #[Matt. 25:9] can ransom another,
or #[Matt. 16:26] give to God #See Job 33:24the price of his life,
8for #Job 36:18, 19the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9that he should live on forever
and #Ps. 16:10; [Ps. 89:48]never see the pit.
10For he sees #Eccles. 2:16 that even the wise die;
#
Ps. 73:22; 92:6; 94:8; Prov. 30:2 the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and #See Ps. 39:6leave their wealth to others.
11Their #Ps. 5:9; 64:6 graves are their homes forever,#49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
their dwelling places #Ps. 10:6 to all generations,
though they #[Gen. 4:17]called lands by their own names.
12Man in his pomp #ver. 20; [Ps. 39:5; 82:7] will not remain;
# ver. 20; Eccles. 3:19 he is like the beasts that perish.
13This is the path of those who have #[Luke 12:20]foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.#49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts Selah
14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright #[Dan. 7:22; Mal. 4:3; Luke 22:30; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 2:26; 20:4] shall rule over them in the morning.
#
Ps. 39:11 Their form shall be consumed #Job 24:19, 20in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
15But God will #Hos. 13:14; [Dan. 12:2] ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will #Ps. 16:11; 17:15; 73:24; [Gen. 5:24]receive me. Selah
16Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.
17 # [Job 27:19] For when he dies he will #1 Tim. 6:7carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18For though, while he lives, he counts himself #Ps. 10:3; 36:2; Deut. 29:19; Luke 12:19blessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19his soul will #Gen. 15:15 go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again #Ps. 56:13; Job 33:30see light.
20 # ver. 12 Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
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Tehillim (Psa) 49
49
1For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:
2Hear this, all you peoples!
Listen, everyone living on earth,
3regardless of whether low or high,
regardless of whether rich or poor!
4My mouth is about to speak wisdom;
my heart’s deepest thoughts will give understanding.
5I will listen with care to [God’s] parable,
I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.
6Why should I fear when the days bring trouble,
when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,
7the evil of those who rely on their wealth
and boast how rich they are?
8No one can ever redeem his brother
or give God a ransom for him ,
9because the price for him is too high
(leave the idea completely alone!)
10to have him live on eternally
and never see the pit.
11For he can see that wise men will die,
likewise the fool and the brute will perish
and leave their wealth to others.
12They think their homes will last forever,
their dwellings through all generations;
they give their own names to their estates.
13But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly;
then, like animals, they will die.
14This is the manner of life of the foolish
and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)
15Like sheep, they are destined for Sh’ol;
death will be their shepherd.
The upright will rule them in the morning;
and their forms will waste away in Sh’ol,
until they need no dwelling.
16But God will redeem me from Sh’ol’s control,
because he will receive me. (Selah)
17Don’t be afraid when someone gets rich,
when the wealth of his family grows.
18For when he dies, he won’t take it with him;
his wealth will not go down after him.
19True, while he lived, he thought himself happy —
people praise you when you do well for yourself —
20but he will join his ancestors’ generations
and never again see light.
21People, even rich ones, can fail to grasp
that, like animals, they will die.
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