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A psalm of the sons of Korah.</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Hear this, all you peoples;</p><p class="poem">listen, all who inhabit the world,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>both low and high,</p><p class="poem">rich and poor together.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My mouth speaks wisdom;</p><p class="poem">my heart’s meditation brings understanding.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I turn my ear to a proverb;</p><p class="poem">I explain my riddle with a lyre.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why should I fear in times of trouble?</p><p class="poem">The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They trust in their wealth</p><p class="poem">and boast of their abundant riches.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet these cannot redeem a person<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">or pay his ransom to God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>since the price of redeeming him is too costly,</p><p class="poem">one should forever stop trying<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>so that he may live forever</p><p class="poem">and not see the Pit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For one can see that the wise die;</p><p class="poem">the foolish and stupid also pass away.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then they leave their wealth to others.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Their graves are their permanent homes,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">their dwellings from generation to generation,</p><p class="poem">though they have named estates after themselves.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But despite his assets,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> mankind will not last;</p><p class="poem">he is like the animals that perish.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the way of those who are arrogant,</p><p class="poem">and of their followers,</p><p class="poem">who approve of their words.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;</p><p class="poem">Death will shepherd them.</p><p class="poem">The upright will rule over them in the morning,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and their form will waste away in Sheol,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">far from their lofty abode.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But God will redeem me</p><p class="poem">from the power of Sheol,</p><p class="poem">for he will take me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Do not be afraid when a person gets rich,</p><p class="poem">when the wealth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.49.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of his house increases.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;</p><p class="poem">his wealth will not follow him down.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Though he blesses himself during his lifetime —</p><p class="poem">and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>he will go to the generation of his ancestors;</p><p class="poem">they will never see the light.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.49.20" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Mankind, with his assets</p><p class="poem">but without understanding,</p><p class="poem">is like the animals that perish.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.49.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.49" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.7">49:7</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Certainly he cannot redeem himself</span>, or <span class="italic">Yet he cannot redeem a brother</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.8">49:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">costly, it will cease forever</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.11">49:11</a></span> LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads <span class="italic">Their inner thought is that their houses are eternal</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.12">49:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">honor</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.13">49:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">and after them with their mouth they were pleased</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.14">49:14</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.49.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.16">49:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">glory</span>, also in v. 17</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.49" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.1">49:1</a></span> Ps 78:1; Mc 1:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.2">49:2</a></span> Ps 62:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.3">49:3</a></span> Ps 37:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.4">49:4</a></span> Nm 12:8; Mt 13:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.5">49:5</a></span> Ps 23:4; 27:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.6">49:6</a></span> Jb 31:24; Ps 52:7; Pr 11:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.7">49:7</a></span> Jb 36:18–19; Mt 25:8–9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.8">49:8</a></span> Mt 16:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.9">49:9</a></span> Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.10">49:10</a></span> Ec 2:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.10">49:10</a></span> Ps 39:6; Ec 2:18–19; Lk 12:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.11">49:11</a></span> Ps 5:9; 10:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.12">49:12</a></span> Ec 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.13">49:13</a></span> Ps 31:23; Pr 16:18; 21:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.14">49:14</a></span> Rv 2:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.14">49:14</a></span> Jb 24:19; Ps 9:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.15">49:15</a></span> Ps 16:10; 56:13; Hs 13:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.16">49:16</a></span> Ps 37:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.17">49:17</a></span> Jb 27:19; Ps 17:14; 1Tm 6:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.18">49:18</a></span> Dt 29:19; Ps 10:3,6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.19">49:19</a></span> Gn 15:15; Jb 33:30; Ps 56:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.49.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.49.20">49:20</a></span> Ec 3:19</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.49" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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