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Psalms 49

Psalm 49^a

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who live in this world,

Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

both low and high,
rich and poor alike:

both low and high,
rich and poor together!

My mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

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

I will turn my ear to a proverb;
with the harp I will expound my riddle:

I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

Why should I fear when evil days come,
when wicked deceivers surround me —

Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

those who trust in their wealth
and boast of their great riches?

those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?

No one can redeem the life of another
or give to God a ransom for them —

Truly no man can ransom another,
or give to God the price of his life,

the ransom for a life is costly,
no payment is ever enough —

for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,

so that they should live on forever
and not see decay.

that he should live on forever
and never see the pit.

For all can see that the wise die,
that the foolish and the senseless also perish,
leaving their wealth to others.

For he sees that even the wise die;
the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and leave their wealth to others.

Their tombs will remain their housesb forever,
their dwellings for endless generations,
though they hadc named lands after themselves.

Their graves are their homes forever,a
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they called lands by their own names.

People, despite their wealth, do not endure;
they are like the beasts that perish.

Man in his pomp will not remain;
he is like the beasts that perish.

This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and of their followers, who approve their sayings.d

This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.b Selah

They are like sheep and are destined to die;
death will be their shepherd
(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
far from their princely mansions.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;
he will surely take me to himself.

But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah

Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
when the splendor of their houses increases;

Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.

for they will take nothing with them when they die,
their splendor will not descend with them.

For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.

Though while they live they count themselves blessed —
and people praise you when you prosper —

For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed
— and though you get praise when you do well for yourself —

they will join those who have gone before them,
who will never again see the light of life.

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again see light.

People who have wealth but lack understanding
are like the beasts that perish.

Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

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