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Psalm 49 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - both low and high,
rich and poor together!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:3 - My mouth shall speak wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:5 - Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:6 - those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - Truly no man can ransom another,
or give to God the price of his life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - that he should live on forever
and never see the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - For he sees that even the wise die;
the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and leave their wealth to others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their graves are their homes forever,[fn]
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they called lands by their own names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - Man in his pomp will not remain;
he is like the beasts that perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.[fn] Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:17 - For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:18 - For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again see light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
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ESV Footnotes
Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts
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Psalm Chapter 49 — Additional Translations:

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