Psalms 49

King James Version

• 1. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
• 2. Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
• 3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
• 4. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
• 5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
• 6. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
• 7. None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
• 8. (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
• 9. That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
• 10. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• 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.
• 12. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
• 13. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
• 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.
• 15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
• 16. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
• 17. For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
• 18. Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
• 19. He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
• 20. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

King James Version