Psalms 49
49
The Confidence of the Foolish
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
3My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.
5Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6Those who #Job 31:24; Ps. 52:7; (Prov. 11:28; Mark 10:23, 24)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor #Job 36:18, 19give to God a ransom for him—
8For #(Matt. 16:26)the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
9That he should continue to live eternally,
And #Ps. 89:48not see the Pit.
10For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They #Gen. 4:17; Deut. 3:14call their lands after their own names.
12Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13This is the way of those who are #(Luke 12:20)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings.
Selah
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
#Ps. 47:3; (Dan. 7:18; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 2:26)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
#Job 4:21And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.
15But God #(Hos. 13:4); Mark 16:6, 7; Acts 2:31, 32will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,
For He shall #Ps. 73:24receive me.
Selah
16Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18Though while he lives #Deut. 29:19; Luke 12:19he blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see #Job 33:30light.
20A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
#Eccl. 3:19Is like the beasts that perish.
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