Catholic Standard Version : Psalms : Psalm 49

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Ps 49

0 Psalm 49 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 1 Hear this, all you peoples; Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together. 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels encompasses me about? 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it fails for ever;) 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. 11 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. 12 But man [being] in honor abides not: He is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah 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. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah 16 Be not you afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise you, when you do well to yourself,) 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. 20 Man that is in honor, and understands not, Is like the beasts that perish.