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Chapter 49
Psal JPS 49:1  For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Psal JPS 49:2  Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
Psal JPS 49:4  My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
Psal JPS 49:5  I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psal JPS 49:6  Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
Psal JPS 49:7  Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
Psal JPS 49:8  No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to G-d a ransom for him--
Psal JPS 49:9  For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
Psal JPS 49:10  That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
Psal JPS 49:11  For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psal JPS 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.
Psal JPS 49:13  But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psal JPS 49:14  This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
Psal JPS 49:15  Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
Psal JPS 49:16  But G-d will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
Psal JPS 49:17  Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
Psal JPS 49:18  For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
Psal JPS 49:19  Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
Psal JPS 49:20  It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
Psal JPS 49:21  Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.