Psalms 49

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:

1Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

2Both low and high, together rich and needy.

2Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.

2Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

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.

3My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

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.

4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

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.

5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

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.

6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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.

7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him

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.

8(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

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.

9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

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.

10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

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.

11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

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.

12But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

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?

13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

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.

14They 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.

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.

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah

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?

16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:

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.

17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

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.

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

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.

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

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:

20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.

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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.

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22Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

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23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.

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