ASV - Psalms - 49

49:1  Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

49:2  Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

49:3  My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

49:4  I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

49:5  Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

49:6  They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

49:7  None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him

49:8  (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

49:9  That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

49:10  For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

49:11  Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, Andtheir dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

49:12  But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.

49:13  This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

49:14  They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

49:15  But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah

49:16  Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:

49:17  For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

49:18  Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

49:19  He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

49:20  Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.