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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/48.htm" title="Psalm 48">◄</a> Psalm 49 <a href="../psalms/50.htm" title="Psalm 50">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>Hear this, all ye peoples;</div><div class="po2">Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Both low and high,</div><div class="po2">Rich and poor together.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My mouth shall speak wisdom,</div><div class="po2">And the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will incline mine ear to a parable;</div><div class="po2">I will open my dark saying upon the harp.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,</div><div class="po2">When the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of them that trust in their wealth,</div><div class="po2">And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>No man can by any means redeem his brother,</div><div class="po2">Nor give to God a ransom for him—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For too costly is the redemption of their soul,</div><div class="po2">And must be let alone for ever—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>That he should still live alway,</div><div class="po2">That he should not see the pit.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For he seeth that wise men die,</div><div class="po2">The fool and the brutish together perish,</div><div class="po2">And leave their wealth to others.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,</div><div class="po2">And their dwelling-places to all generations;</div><div class="po2">They call their lands after their own names.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But man abideth not in honour;</div><div class="po2">He is like the beasts that perish.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This is the way of them that are foolish,</div><div class="po2">And of those who after them approve their sayings.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world;</div><div class="po2">Death shall be their shepherd;</div><div class="po2">And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;</div><div class="po2">And their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away,</div><div class="po2">That there be no habitation for it.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world;</div><div class="po2">For He shall receive me.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich,</div><div class="po2">When the wealth of his house is increased;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;</div><div class="po2">His wealth shall not descend after him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Though while he lived he blessed his soul:</div><div class="po2">‘Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself’;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It shall go to the generation of his fathers;</div><div class="po2">They shall never see the light.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Man that is in honour understandeth not;</div><div class="po2">He is like the beasts that perish.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW 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