Psalms 49

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(Ps 49:1) Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
(Ps 49:2) both low and high, rich and poor together.
(Ps 49:3) My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
(Ps 49:4) I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
(Ps 49:5) Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
(Ps 49:6) Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
(Ps 49:7) none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
(Ps 49:8) For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
(Ps 49:9) That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
(Ps 49:10) For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
(Ps 49:11) Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
(Ps 49:12) But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.
(Ps 49:13) This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
(Ps 49:14) They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
(Ps 49:15) But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
(Ps 49:16) Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
(Ps 49:17) For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
(Ps 49:18) Though while he lived he blessed his soul-- and men praise you when you do well for yourself--
(Ps 49:19) he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
(Ps 49:20) A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.