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Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">both low and high, rich and poor together!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me? <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">that he should live on forever and never see the pit.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves, <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah) <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah) <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!" <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href "//netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. //netbible.com. 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