a[Ps. 37:1]
bPs. 94:13
cPs. 52:7; Prov. 11:28; Mark 10:24, 25; [Job 31:24]
d[Matt. 25:9]
e[Matt. 16:26]
fSee Job 33:24
gJob 36:18, 19
hPs. 16:10; [Ps. 89:48]
iEccles. 2:16
jPs. 73:22; 92:6; 94:8; Prov. 30:2
kSee Ps. 39:6
lPs. 5:9; 64:6
nPs. 10:6
o[Gen. 4:17]
pver. 20; [Ps. 39:5; 82:7]
qver. 20; Eccles. 3:19

Psalms 49:5-12

5 aWhy should I fear in btimes of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
 6those who ctrust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
 7Truly no man dcan ransom another,
or egive to God fthe price of his life,
 8for gthe ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
 9that he should live on forever
and hnever see the pit.
 10 For he sees ithat even the wise die;
jthe fool and the stupid alike must perish
and kleave their wealth to others.
 11Their lgraves are their homes forever, ▼
▼Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew  Their inward thought was that their homes were forever

their dwelling places nto all generations,
though they ocalled lands by their own names.
 12Man in his pomp pwill not remain;
qhe is like the beasts that perish.
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