Psalms 49:1-9 ▼

1 Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!

2 High and low, rich and poor—listen!

3 For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.

4 I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

5 Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?

6 They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

8 Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough

9 to live forever and never see the grave.