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Psalms 49	Psalms 49
Psalms 49:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,	Psalms 49:1 Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
Psalms 49:2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.	Psalms 49:2 High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
Psalms 49:3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.	Psalms 49:3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
Psalms 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.	Psalms 49:4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Psalms 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?	Psalms 49:5 What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
Psalms 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;	Psalms 49:6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
Psalms 49:7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;	Psalms 49:7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
Psalms 49:8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)	Psalms 49:8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
Psalms 49:9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.	Psalms 49:9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
Psalms 49:10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.	Psalms 49:10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
Psalms 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.	Psalms 49:11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
Psalms 49:12 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.	Psalms 49:12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
Psalms 49:13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah	Psalms 49:13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
Psalms 49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.	Psalms 49:14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
Psalms 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah	Psalms 49:15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
Psalms 49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.	Psalms 49:16 Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms 49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.	Psalms 49:17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Psalms 49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)	Psalms 49:18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
Psalms 49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.	Psalms 49:19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
Psalms 49:20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.	Psalms 49:20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.