engKJVCPB: Psalms 49

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

[1] Hear this, all ye people;

Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

[2] Both low and high,

Rich and poor, together.

[3] My mouth shall speak of wisdom;

And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

[4] I will incline mine ear to a parable:

I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

[5] Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,

When the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

[6] They that trust in their wealth,

And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

[7] None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor give to God a ransom for him:

[8] (For the redemption of their soul is precious,

And it ceaseth for ever:)

[9] That he should still live for ever,

And not see corruption.

[10] For he seeth that wise men die,

Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish,

And leave their wealth to others.

[11] Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

And their dwelling places to all generations;

They call their lands after their own names.

[12] Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not:

He is like the beasts that perish.

[13] This their way is their folly:

Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

[14] Like sheep they are laid in the grave;

Death shall feed on them;

And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;

And their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

[15] But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave:

For he shall receive me. Selah.

[16] Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

When the glory of his house is increased;

[17] For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:

His glory shall not descend after him.

[18] Though whiles he lived he blessed his soul:

And men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

[19] He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see light.

[20] Man that is in honour, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.

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