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Psalms 49
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1(50) A 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].
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you 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 will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
4He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
5Assemble you⌃ his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.
6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
7Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel: and I will testify to you: I am God, your God.
7none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
8I will not reprove you on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually.
8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
9I will take no bullocks out of your house, nor he-goats out of your flocks.
9that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
10For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless 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 will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
12If I should be hungry, I will not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay your vows to the Most High.
14They 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.
15And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. Pause.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
16But to the sinner God has said, Why do you declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth?
16Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words behind [you].
17for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
18If you saw a thief, you ran along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
19Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit.
19he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
20You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize your mother's son.
20A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.