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Psalms 49
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
1To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
1 Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
2Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
2Both low and high, together rich and needy.
2High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.
3God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart <FI>are<Fi> things of understanding.
3From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
4I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
5Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
5What 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?
6And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
6Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
7A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
7Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
8And precious <FI>is<Fi> the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.
8(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
9And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
9So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
10For 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.
11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
11Their heart <FI>is<Fi> : Their houses <FI>are<Fi> to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
11The 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.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
12But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
13This their way <FI>is<Fi> folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
13This 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.)
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form <FI>is<Fi> for consumption. Sheol <FI>is<Fi> a dwelling for him.
14Death 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.
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
15Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
15But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
16Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
16Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
17For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
18Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
19He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
20Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
21These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
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