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Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Both low and high, rich and poor together.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. Selah</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/48.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 48"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 48" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/50.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 50"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 50" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/psalms/49-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>