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Psalms 49
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Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of 49:0 Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah.

149:1 Ps. 78:1; Isa. 1:2; Mic. 1:2Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
249:2 Ps. 62:9both low and high,
rich and poor together!
3My mouth shall speak 49:3 Prov. 1:20; 9:1wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4I will incline my ear to 49:4 [Ps. 78:2; Matt. 13:35] a proverb;
I will solve my 49:4 Num. 12:8; Prov. 1:6riddle to the music of the lyre.

549:5 [Ps. 37:1] Why should I fear in 49:5 Ps. 94:13times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
6those who 49:6 Ps. 52:7; Prov. 11:28; Mark 10:24, 25; [Job 31:24]trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7Truly no man 49:7 [Matt. 25:9] can ransom another,
or 49:7 [Matt. 16:26] give to God 49:7 See Job 33:24the price of his life,
8for 49:8 Job 36:18, 19the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9that he should live on forever
and 49:9 Ps. 16:10; [Ps. 89:48]never see the pit.

10For he sees 49:10 Eccles. 2:16that even the wise die;
49:10 Ps. 73:22; 92:6; 94:8; Prov. 30:2the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and 49:10 See Ps. 39:6leave their wealth to others.
11Their 49:11 Ps. 5:9; 64:6graves are their homes forever,49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
their dwelling places 49:11 Ps. 10:6to all generations,
though they 49:11 [Gen. 4:17]called lands by their own names.
12Man in his pomp 49:12 ver. 20; [Ps. 39:5; 82:7] will not remain;
49:12 ver. 20; Eccles. 3:19he is like the beasts that perish.

13This is the path of those who have 49:13 [Luke 12:20]foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boastsSelah
14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright 49:14 [Dan. 7:22; Mal. 4:3; Luke 22:30; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 2:26; 20:4] shall rule over them in the morning.
49:14 Ps. 39:11Their form shall be consumed 49:14 Job 24:19, 20in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
15But God will 49:15 Hos. 13:14; [Dan. 12:2] ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will 49:15 Ps. 16:11; 17:15; 73:24; [Gen. 5:24]receive me. Selah

16Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.
1749:17 [Job 27:19] For when he dies he will 49:17 1 Tim. 6:7carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18For though, while he lives, he counts himself 49:18 Ps. 10:3; 36:2; Deut. 29:19; Luke 12:19blessed—
and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19his soul will 49:19 Gen. 15:15go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again 49:19 Ps. 56:13; Job 33:30see light.
2049:20 ver. 12Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.