#### Psalms 49

Verses : {1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10} {11} {12} {13} {14} {15} {16} {17} {18} {19} {20}

^ Ps 49.1: (49.1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. (49.2) Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
^ Ps 49.2: (49.3) Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
^ Ps 49.3: (49.4) My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
^ Ps 49.4: (49.5) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
^ Ps 49.5: (49.6) Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
^ Ps 49.6: (49.7) They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
^ Ps 49.7: (49.8) None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
^ Ps 49.8: (49.9) (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
^ Ps 49.9: (49.10) That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
^ Ps 49.10: (49.11) For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
^ Ps 49.11: (49.12) Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
^ Ps 49.12: (49.13) Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
^ Ps 49.13: (49.14) This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
^ Ps 49.14: (49.15) Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
^ Ps 49.15: (49.16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
^ Ps 49.16: (49.17) Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
^ Ps 49.17: (49.18) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
^ Ps 49.18: (49.19) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
^ Ps 49.19: (49.20) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
^ Ps 49.20: (49.21) Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.