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| Psalms 49: (ASV) |
| 1) Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, |
| 2) Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| 3) My mouth shall speak 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 iniquity at my heels compasseth 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 life is costly, And it faileth for ever), |
| 9) That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. |
| 10) For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike 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) But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. |
| 13) This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah] |
| 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. |
| 15) But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will 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 praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself), |
| 19) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. |
| 20) Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. |