web - Psalms:49

web@Psalms:49:1 @ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

web@Psalms:49:2 @ both low and high, rich and poor together.

web@Psalms:49:3 @ My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

web@Psalms:49:4 @ I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

web@Psalms:49:5 @ Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

web@Psalms:49:6 @ Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

web@Psalms:49:7 @ none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

web@Psalms:49:8 @ For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

web@Psalms:49:9 @ That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

web@Psalms:49:10 @ For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

web@Psalms:49:11 @ Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

web@Psalms:49:12 @ But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

web@Psalms:49:13 @ This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

web@Psalms:49:14 @ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead.}. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead.}, far from their mansion.

web@Psalms:49:15 @ But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol {Sheol is the place of the dead.}, for he will receive me. Selah.

web@Psalms:49:16 @ Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

web@Psalms:49:17 @ For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

web@Psalms:49:18 @ Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--

web@Psalms:49:19 @ he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

web@Psalms:49:20 @ A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.