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Psalms 49
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
1To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
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:
3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart <FI>are<Fi> things of understanding.
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.
4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
5Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
6And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8And precious <FI>is<Fi> the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased--to the age.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
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.
11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13This their way <FI>is<Fi> folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
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.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
15Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
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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.