Psa 49 | NASB2020 | STEP | For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this , all peoples ; Listen , all inhabitants of the world ,

Psalms 49

The Foolishness of Trusting in Riches.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 ^aHear this, all peoples;
Listen, all ^binhabitants of the world,
2 Both ^clow and high,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth will ^dspeak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart will be ^eunderstanding.
4 I will incline my ear to ^fa proverb;
^gI will ^{▼▼Lit open up}express my ⁱriddle on the harp.

5 Why should I ^jfear in days of adversity,
When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
6 Those who ^ktrust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
7 No one can by any means ^lredeem another
Or give God a ^mransom for him--
8 For ⁿthe redemption of ^{▼▼Lit their}his soul is priceless,
And he should cease imagining forever--
9 That he might ^plive on eternally,
That he might not ^{▼▼Or see corruption; lit see the pit
,} ^rundergo decay.

10 For he sees that even ^swise people die;
The ^tfoolish and the stupid alike perish
And ^uleave their wealth to others.
11 Their ^{▼▼Some ancient versions graves are their houses
,} ^winner thought is that their houses ^xare forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have ^ynamed their lands after their own names.
12 But ^zman in his splendor will not endure;
He is like the animals that ^{▼▼Lit are destroyed}perish.

13 This is the ^abway of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who ^acapprove their words. Selah
14 Like sheep they sink down ^adto ^{▼▼I.e., the netherworld}Sheol;
Death will be their shepherd;
And the ^afupright will rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for ^{▼▼I.e., the netherworld}Sheol ^ahto consume
^{▼▼Lit Away from his habitation}So that they have no lofty home.
15 But God will ^ajredeem my soul from the ^{▼▼Lit hand}power of ^{▼▼I.e., the netherworld}Sheol,
For ^amHe will receive me. Selah

16 Do not be afraid ^anwhen a person becomes rich,
When the splendor of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies, he will ^aotake nothing with him;
His ^{▼▼Lit glory}wealth will not descend after him.
18 Though while he lives he ^aqcongratulates ^{▼▼Lit his soul}himself--
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself--
19 ^{▼▼Lit You; or It}He will ^atgo to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see ^authe light.
20 ^avMankind in its splendor, yet without understanding,
Is ^awlike the animals that ^{▼▼Lit are destroyed}perish.