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Psalm 49 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:3 - My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:5 - Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - so that they should live on forever and not see decay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their tombs will remain their houses[fn] forever, their dwellings for endless generations, though they had[fn] named lands after themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like the beasts that perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:17 - for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:18 - Though while they live they count themselves blessed— and people praise you when you prosper—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - they will join those who have gone before them, who will never again see the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.
Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
Or generations, / for they have
The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.
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