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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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="../">SLT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/49-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Evanescence of Wealth<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ecclesiastes/5.htm#8">Ecclesiastes 5:8–20</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>To the overseer, to the sons of Korah: chanting. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the World:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Also ye sons of Adam, also ye sons of man together, ye rich and needy.<p> <A name="4"></a><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 understanding.<p> <A name="5"></a><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 enigma upon the harp.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Wherefore shall I fear in the days of evil, the iniquity of my heel shall surround me.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A man redeeming shall not redeem the brother, he shall not give to God his ransom:<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>(And the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceased forever:)<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And he shall yet live forever, he shall not see destruction.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For he shall see the wise shall die: together the fool and the stupid one shall perish, and they left their wealth to others.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The midst of them their houses forever, their dwellings to generation and generation; they called in their names upon their lands.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This their way folly to them: and those after them will delight in their mouth. Silence.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As sheep they were laid in hades; death shall rule over them, and the upright shall come down upon them in the morning; and their rock for falling away in hades from a dwelling to him.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hades, for he will receive me. Silence.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Thou shalt not fear when a man shall be enriched, and when the honor of his house shall be increased;<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For not in his dying shall he take anything: his honor shall not go down after him.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For in his living he will praise his soul, (and he will praise thee for thou wilt do good to thyself,)<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>It shall go even to the generation of his fathers; even forever they shall not see light.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Man in honor shall not understand; being like as the beasts, they perished.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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