49:1 For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:
49:2 Hear this, all you peoples! Listen, everyone living on earth,
49:3 regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!
49:4 My mouth is about to speak wisdom; my heart’s deepest thoughts will give understanding.
49:5 I will listen with care to [God’s] parable, I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.
49:6 Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,
49:7 the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are?
49:8 No one can ever redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him ,
49:9 because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)
49:10 to have him live on eternally and never see the pit.
49:11 For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others.
49:12 They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.
49:13 But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die.
49:14 This is the manner of life of the foolish and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)
49:15 Like sheep, they are destined for Sh’ol; death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning; and their forms will waste away in Sh’ol, until they need no dwelling.
49:16 But God will redeem me from Sh’ol’s control, because he will receive me. (Selah)
49:17 Don’t be afraid when someone gets rich, when the wealth of his family grows.
49:18 For when he dies, he won’t take it with him; his wealth will not go down after him.
49:19 True, while he lived, he thought himself happy — people praise you when you do well for yourself —
49:20 but he will join his ancestors’ generations and never again see light.
49:21 People, even rich ones, can fail to grasp that, like animals, they will die.
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