Psalms Chapter 49

• Psalms 49:1
  Psalms.
• Psalms 49:2
  For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
• Psalms 49:3
  both low and high, rich and poor together.
• Psalms 49:4
  My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
• Psalms 49:5
  I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
• Psalms 49:6
  Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
• Psalms 49:7
  Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
• Psalms 49:8
  none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
• Psalms 49:9
  For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
• Psalms 49:10
  that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
• Psalms 49:11
  For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• Psalms 49:12
  Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
• Psalms 49:13
  But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
• Psalms 49:14
  This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
• Psalms 49:15
  They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall d...
• Psalms 49:16
  But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
• Psalms 49:17
  Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
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  for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
• Psalms 49:19
  Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
• Psalms 49:20
  he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
• Psalms 49:21
  A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.