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Psalms 49

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

Listen to this, all you people!
Pay attention, everyone in the world!

The Confidence of the Foolish

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

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

High and low,
rich and poor — listen!

Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.

For my words are wise,
and my thoughts are filled with insight.

My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.

I listen carefully to many proverbs
and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my [a]dark saying on the harp.

Why should I fear when trouble comes,
when enemies surround me?

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.

Those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,

Yet they cannot redeem themselves from deatha
by paying a ransom to God.

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

Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough

For the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever —

to live forever
and never see the grave.

That he should continue to live eternally,
And not [b]see the Pit.

Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.

For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.

The graveb is their eternal home,
where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,

[c]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.

but their fame will not last.
They will die, just like animals.

Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [d]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

This is the fate of fools,
though they are remembered as being wise.c
Interlude

This is the way of those who are foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah

Like sheep, they are led to the grave,d
where death will be their shepherd.
In the morning the godly will rule over them.
Their bodies will rot in the grave,
far from their grand estates.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be consumed in [e]the grave, far from their dwelling.

But as for me, God will redeem my life.
He will snatch me from the power of the grave.
Interlude

But God will redeem my soul from the power of [f]the grave,
For He shall receive me. Selah

So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich
and their homes become ever more splendid.

Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;

For when they die, they take nothing with them.
Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

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

In this life they consider themselves fortunate
and are applauded for their success.

Though while he lives he blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),

But they will die like all before them
and never again see the light of day.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see light.[g]

People who boast of their wealth don’t understand;
they will die, just like animals.

A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
Is like the beasts that perish.

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