Psa. 49
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49:1
1Hear this, all you peoples;
Give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
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My mouth will speak wisdom,
And the
1meditation of my heart will be that of understanding.
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I will incline my ear to a parable;
I will disclose my riddle upon the harp.
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Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity of those who supplant me surrounds me,
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Those who
atrust in their
1wealth And boast in the multitude of their
1riches?
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(For the redemption of their
asoul is costly
And must be given up forever),
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For he will see
that wise men die;
The foolish one and the senseless one perish alike
And
aleave their wealth to others.
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Their inward thought is that their houses
will remain forever,
That their habitations
will remain from generation to generation;
They call lands after their own names.
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49:12
But man in honor does not remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
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Such is the way of those who are
1self-confident,
And of those after them who approve of their sayings.
Selah
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49:14
Like a flock, they are appointed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
1And straight to the grave they will descend,
And their form will be for Sheol to consume
That there be no abode for them.
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Do not fear when a man becomes rich,
When the glory of his house increases.
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For when he dies, he will
atake nothing;
His glory will not descend after him.
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Though he
ablessed his soul while he lived —
And
men praise you when you do good for yourself —
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1It will go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see light.
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A man in honor but without understanding
Is like the beasts that perish.
