­PSA 49:1  Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

 

­PSA 49:2  Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

 

­PSA 49:3  My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall

 be of understanding.

 

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

 the harp.

 

­PSA 49:5  Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my

 heels shall compass me about?

 

­PSA 49:6  They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the

 multitude of their riches;

 

­PSA 49:7  None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a

 ransom for him:

 

­PSA 49:8  (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for

 ever:)

 

­PSA 49:9  That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

 

­PSA 49:10  For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish

 person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

 

­PSA 49:11  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.

 

­PSA 49:12  Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts

 that perish.

 

­PSA 49:13  This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their

 sayings. Selah.

 

­PSA 49:14  Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and

 the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty

 shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

 

­PSA 49:15  But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he

 shall receive me. Selah.

 

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

 house is increased;

 

­PSA 49:17  For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not

 descend after him.

 

­PSA 49:18  Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,

 when thou doest well to thyself.

 

­PSA 49:19  He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see

 light.

 

­PSA 49:20  Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts

 that perish.