PS-49:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

Hear this, all

[ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:

PS-49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

PS-49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my

heart [shall

be] of understanding.

PS-49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my

dark saying upon

the harp.

PS-49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the

iniquity of my

heels shall compass me about?

PS-49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in

the multitude

of their riches;

PS-49:7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor

give to God a

ransom for him:

PS-49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it

ceaseth for

ever:)

PS-49:9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see

corruption.

PS-49:10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and

the brutish

person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

PS-49:11 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.

PS-49:12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is

like the beasts

[that] perish.

PS-49:13 This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity

approve their

sayings. Selah.

PS-49:14 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.

PS-49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave:

 for he shall

receive me. Selah.

PS-49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the

glory of his house

is increased;

PS-49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his

glory shall not

descend after him.

PS-49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men]

will praise

thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

PS-49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they

shall never see

light.

PS-49:20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like

the beasts

[that] perish.

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