ylt - 49

ylt@Psalms:49:1 @To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

ylt@Psalms:49:2 @Both low and high, together rich and needy.

ylt@Psalms:49:3 @My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.

ylt@Psalms:49:4 @I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

ylt@Psalms:49:5 @Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

ylt@Psalms:49:6 @Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

ylt@Psalms:49:7 @A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

ylt@Psalms:49:8 @And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

ylt@Psalms:49:9 @And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

ylt@Psalms:49:10 @For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

ylt@Psalms:49:11 @Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

ylt@Psalms:49:12 @And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

ylt@Psalms:49:13 @This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

ylt@Psalms:49:14 @As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.

ylt@Psalms:49:15 @Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

ylt@Psalms:49:16 @Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

ylt@Psalms:49:17 @For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

ylt@Psalms:49:18 @For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

ylt@Psalms:49:19 @It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

ylt@Psalms:49:20 @Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

Psalms 49