AB - Psalms - 49

49:1  Hear these words, all you nations, give ear, all you that dwell upon the earth;

49:2  both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men; the rich and poor man together.

49:3  My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding.

49:4  I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my riddle on the harp.

49:5  Why should I fear in the evil day? The iniquity of my heel shall surround me.

49:6  They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth-

49:7  a brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? He shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

49:8  or the price for the redemption of his soul, though he labor forever,

49:9  and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption.

49:10  When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

49:11  And their tombs are their houses forever, even their tabernacles to all generations; they have called their lands after their own names.

49:12  And man being in honor, understands not; he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is likened unto them.

49:13  This their way is an offense to them; yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

49:14  They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.

49:15  But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when He shall receive me. Pause.

49:16  Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.

49:17  For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

49:18  For his soul shall be blessed in his life; he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.

49:19  Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

49:20  Man that is in honor, understands not; he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is likened unto them.