book_id: PSA

book: Psalms

reference: Psalms 49:1

text: Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:


reference: Psalms 49:2

text: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.


reference: Psalms 49:3

text: My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.


reference: Psalms 49:4

text: I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.


reference: Psalms 49:5

text: Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?


reference: Psalms 49:6

text: They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;


reference: Psalms 49:7

text: None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:


reference: Psalms 49:8

text: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)


reference: Psalms 49:9

text: That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.


reference: Psalms 49:10

text: For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.


reference: Psalms 49:11

text: 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.


reference: Psalms 49:12

text: Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.


reference: Psalms 49:13

text: This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.


reference: Psalms 49:14

text: 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.


reference: Psalms 49:15

text: But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.


reference: Psalms 49:16

text: Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;


reference: Psalms 49:17

text: For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.


reference: Psalms 49:18

text: Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.


reference: Psalms 49:19

text: He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.


reference: Psalms 49:20

text: Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.