Psalm 49 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Folly of trusting in Riches.

Psa 49:1

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Hear this, all ye peoples;

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 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 iniquity at my heels compasseth 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 life is costly,

And it faileth for ever),

Psa 49:9

That he should still live alway,

That he should not see corruption.

Psa 49:10

For he shall see it. Wise men die;

The fool and the brutish alike 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

But man being in honor abideth not:

He is like the beasts that perish.

Psa 49:13

This their way is their folly:

Yet after them men approve their sayings.

[Selah

Psa 49:14

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.

Psa 49:15

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;

For he will 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 praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),

Psa 49:19

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see the light.

Psa 49:20

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,

Is like the beasts that perish.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Psalm 49 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The Folly of trusting in Riches.

Psalm Chapter 49 — Additional Translations:

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