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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/49.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen to this, all you people!</p><p class="line2">Pay attention, everyone in the world!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>High and low,</p><p class="line2">rich and poor—listen!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For my words are wise,</p><p class="line2">and my thoughts are filled with insight.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I listen carefully to many proverbs</p><p class="line2">and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why should I fear when trouble comes,</p><p class="line2">when enemies surround me?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They trust in their wealth</p><p class="line2">and boast of great riches.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line2">by paying a ransom to God.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Redemption does not come so easily,</p><p class="line2">for no one can ever pay enough</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>to live forever</p><p class="line2">and never see the grave.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Those who are wise must finally die,</p><p class="line2">just like the foolish and senseless,</p><p class="line2">leaving all their wealth behind.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> is their eternal home,</p><p class="line2">where they will stay forever.</p><p class="line1">They may name their estates after themselves,</p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>but their fame will not last.</p><p class="line2">They will die, just like animals.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the fate of fools,</p><p class="line2">though they are remembered as being wise.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Like sheep, they are led to the grave,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line2">where death will be their shepherd.</p><p class="line1">In the morning the godly will rule over them.</p><p class="line2">Their bodies will rot in the grave,</p><p class="line2">far from their grand estates.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But as for me, God will redeem my life.</p><p class="line2">He will snatch me from the power of the grave.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich</p><p class="line2">and their homes become ever more splendid.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For when they die, they take nothing with them.</p><p class="line2">Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In this life they consider themselves fortunate</p><p class="line2">and are applauded for their success.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But they will die like all before them</p><p class="line2">and never again see the light of day.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>People who boast of their wealth don’t understand;</p><p class="line2">they will die, just like animals.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">49:7 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">no one can redeem the life of another.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Their inward [thought].</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">49:13 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">49:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Sheol;</span><span class="ft"> also in 49:14b, 15.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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