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== Tehillim (Book of Psalms), Chapter 49 ==
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> Both low and high, rich and poor together.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to G-d a ransom for him--
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> Their 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.
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> But G-d will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
== See also ==
* [[Tehillim 48|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Tehillim 49 Commentaries]]
* [[Tehillim 50|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:תהילים מט]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> Both low and high, rich and poor together.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to G-d a ransom for him--
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever--
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> Their 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.
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> But G-d will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
== See also ==
* [[Tehillim 48|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Tehillim 49 Commentaries]]
* [[Tehillim 50|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:תהילים מט]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]