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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 49 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/49.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/49-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 49</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/49.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?</p><subheading class="psalm-title">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear this, all peoples!</span><br /><span class="indent">Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">both low and high,</span><br /><span class="indent">rich and poor together!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My mouth shall speak wisdom;</span><br /><span class="indent">the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will incline my ear to a proverb;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Why should I fear in times of trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent">when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">those who trust in their wealth</span><br /><span class="indent">and boast of the abundance of their riches?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Truly no man can ransom another,</span><br /><span class="indent">or give to God the price of his life,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for the ransom of their life is costly</span><br /><span class="indent">and can never suffice,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">that he should live on forever</span><br /><span class="indent">and never see the pit.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he sees that even the wise die;</span><br /><span class="indent">the fool and the stupid alike must perish</span><br /><span class="indent">and leave their wealth to others.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Their graves are their homes forever,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">their dwelling places to all generations,</span><br /><span class="indent">though they called lands by their own names.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Man in his pomp will not remain;</span><br /><span class="indent">he is like the beasts that perish.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;</span><br /><span class="indent">yet after them people approve of their boasts.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts">b</a></sup></span> <selah>Selah</selah></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;</span><br /><span class="indent">death shall be their shepherd,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.</span><br /><span class="indent">Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,</span><br /><span class="indent">for he will receive me. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,</span><br /><span class="indent">when the glory of his house increases.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For when he dies he will carry nothing away;</span><br /><span class="indent">his glory will not go down after him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed</span><br /><span class="indent">—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,</span><br /><span class="indent">who will never again see light.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">Their</span> inward thought was that their homes were forever</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>and of those after them who approve of their boasts</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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