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Psalms 49
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1A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].
1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.
2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.
6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.
8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.
9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
11Their 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.
12If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it.
12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind [thee].
17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son.
20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.