Psalms 49:1-13 ▼

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all you peoples, || Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world.

2 Both low and high, together rich and needy.

3 My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.

4 I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:

5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me.

6 Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish.

7 A brother ransoms no one at all, || He does not give to God his atonement.

8 And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, || And it has ceased for all time.

9 And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit.

10 For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth to others.

11 Their heart [is that] their houses [are] for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

12 And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

13 This their way [is] folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.