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Of the Korahites. A Psalm.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Hear this, all you peoples;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">give ear, all inhabitants of the world,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>both low and high,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">rich and poor together.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>My mouth shall speak wisdom;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>I will incline my ear to a proverb;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Why should I fear in times of trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>those who trust in their wealth</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and boast of the abundance of their riches?</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16726a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">there is no price one can give to God for it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>For the ransom of life is costly,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and can never suffice,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>that one should live on forever</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and never see the grave.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16728b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>When we look at the wise, they die;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">fool and dolt perish together</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and leave their wealth to others.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Their graves<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16730c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> are their homes forever,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">their dwelling places to all generations,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">though they named lands their own.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they are like the animals that perish.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>Such is the fate of the foolhardy,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the end of those<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16732d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> who are pleased with their lot.<i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">Death shall be their shepherd;</span></span><br /><span class="text">straight to the grave they descend,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16733e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and their form shall waste away;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">Sheol shall be their home.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16733f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">for he will receive me.<i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Do not be afraid when some become rich,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">when the wealth of their houses increases.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>For when they die they will carry nothing away;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">their wealth will not go down after them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>they<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16738g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> will go to the company of their ancestors,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">who will never again see the light.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they are like the animals that perish.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:7">Psalm 49:7</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Another reading is <i>no one can ransom a brother</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:9">Psalm 49:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>the pit</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:11">Psalm 49:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Syr Compare Tg: Heb <i>their inward</i> (thought)</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:13">Psalm 49:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Tg: Heb <i>after them</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:14">Psalm 49:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:14">Psalm 49:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 49:19">Psalm 49:19</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>you</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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