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          DASV: Psalm 49    

For the music director, a psalm of the Sons of Korah

1 Hear this, all you peoples;
     give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
2 both low and high,
     rich and poor together.
3 My mouth will speak wisdom,
     and the meditation of my heart will disclose understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
     I will solve my riddle with the harp.

5 Why should I fear in the days of trouble,
     when iniquity of deceivers surrounds me;
6 they who trust in their wealth;
     and boast in their abundant riches?
7 No one can redeem his brother's life
     or pay to God a ransom sufficient for him;
8 for the redemption price of their life is costly,
     and no one would ever have enough,
9 that one could live forever
     and never see the grave.

10 For they see that a wise person dies;
     just like the fool and stupid they perish,
           and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their houses forever,
     their dwelling places to all generations,
           though they name their lands after themselves.
12 But humans, even though wealthy, will not last;
     they are like the beasts that perish.
13 This the destiny of a fool;
     yet those after them approve of their sayings. Selah
14 They are led like sheep to the grave;
     death will be their shepherd;
           the upright will rule over them in the morning;
     their body will be consumed by the grave
           with no more mansions to live in.
15 But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,
     for he will take me away. Selah
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
     when the magnificence of his house increases.
17 For when he dies he can carry nothing away;
     his wealth cannot descend with him.
18 Though when he lived he counted himself blessed,
     for people praise you when you prosper,
19 he will go to the generation of his fathers
     who will never again see the light.
20 A wealthy person who does not understand
     is like the beasts that perish.

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