Psalms 49:1-13 ▼

1 <V 48:1>Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah. <V 48:2>Hear these things, all nations. Pay attention, all inhabitants of the world:

2 <V 48:3>whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.

3 <V 48:4>My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.

4 <V 48:5>I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.

5 <V 48:6>Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity at my heel will surround me.

6 <V 48:7>Those who trust in their own strength and who glory in the multitude of their riches,

7 <V 48:8>no brother redeems, nor will man buy back. He will not give to God his appeasement,

8 <V 48:9>nor the price for the redemption of his soul. And he will labor continuously,

9 <V 48:10>and he will still live, until the end.

10 <V 48:11>He will not see death, when he sees the wise dying: the foolish and the senseless will perish together. And they will leave their riches to strangers.

11 <V 48:12>And their sepulchers will be their houses forever, their tabernacles from generation to generation. They have called their names in their own lands.

12 <V 48:13>And man, when he was held in honor, did not understand. He has been compared to the senseless beasts, and he has become like them.

13 <V 48:14>This way of theirs is a scandal to them. And afterwards, they will delight in their mouth.