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Psalm 49 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

Listen to this, all you people!
Pay attention, everyone in the world!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - High and low,
rich and poor—listen!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:3 - For my words are wise,
and my thoughts are filled with insight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I listen carefully to many proverbs
and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:5 - Why should I fear when trouble comes,
when enemies surround me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:6 - They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[fn]
by paying a ransom to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - Redemption does not come so easily,
for no one can ever pay enough

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:9 - to live forever
and never see the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - The grave is their eternal home,
where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - but their fame will not last.
They will die, just like animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the fate of fools,
though they are remembered as being wise.[fn]
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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep, they are led to the grave,[fn]
where death will be their shepherd.
In the morning the godly will rule over them.
Their bodies will rot in the grave,
far from their grand estates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But as for me, God will redeem my life.
He will snatch me from the power of the grave.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich
and their homes become ever more splendid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:17 - For when they die, they take nothing with them.
Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:18 - In this life they consider themselves fortunate
and are applauded for their success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - But they will die like all before them
and never again see the light of day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - People who boast of their wealth don’t understand;
they will die, just like animals.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Or no one can redeem the life of another.
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Hebrew Sheol; also in 49:14b, 15.
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Psalm Chapter 49 — Additional Translations:

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