Psalms 49

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,Cross-references: Ps 33:8 · Ps 34:11 · Ps 46:1 · Ps 48:1 · Ps 50:1 · Ps 78:1 · +14 more

2both low and high, rich and poor together.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:7 · Job 34:19 · Ps 62:9 · Prov 22:2 · Jer 5:4 · James 1:9 · +2 more

3My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.Cross-references: Deut 32:2 · Job 33:3 · Job 33:33 · Ps 19:14 · Ps 37:30 · Ps 45:1 · +8 more

4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.Cross-references: Num 12:8 · Num 23:7 · Ps 78:2 · Prov 1:6 · Ezek 20:49 · Dan 8:23 · +4 more

5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?Cross-references: Gen 49:17 · 1Sam 26:20 · Ps 22:16 · Ps 23:4 · Ps 27:1 · Ps 38:4 · +11 more

6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—Cross-references: Esth 5:11 · Job 31:24 · Ps 52:7 · Ps 62:10 · Prov 10:15 · Prov 11:28 · +7 more

7none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.Cross-references: Matt 16:26 · Matt 20:28 · Matt 25:9 · 1Tim 2:6 · 1Pet 1:18

8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,Cross-references: Job 36:18 · Matt 16:26

9that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.Cross-references: Ps 16:10 · Ps 22:29 · Ps 89:48 · Prov 10:2 · Prov 11:4 · Eccl 8:8 · +7 more

10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.Cross-references: Ps 17:14 · Ps 39:6 · Ps 49:17 · Ps 73:22 · Ps 92:6 · Ps 94:8 · +13 more

11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.Cross-references: Gen 4:17 · Deut 3:14 · 1Sam 15:12 · 2Sam 18:18 · Ps 5:9 · Ps 10:6 · +4 more

12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.Cross-references: Ps 39:5 · Ps 49:20 · Ps 82:7 · Eccl 3:18 · Eccl 9:12 · James 1:10 · +1 more

13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.Cross-references: Jer 44:17 · Luke 11:47 · Luke 12:20 · Luke 16:27 · 1Cor 3:19

14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.Cross-references: Job 4:21 · Job 17:13 · Job 21:13 · Job 21:26 · Job 24:19 · Job 30:23 · +17 more

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.Cross-references: Gen 5:24 · Ps 16:10 · Ps 31:5 · Ps 56:13 · Ps 73:24 · Ps 86:13 · +7 more

16Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;Cross-references: Gen 31:1 · Esth 3:1 · Esth 5:11 · Ps 37:1 · Ps 37:7 · Ps 49:5 · +3 more

17for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.Cross-references: Job 1:21 · Job 27:19 · Ps 17:14 · Eccl 5:15 · Isa 5:14 · Isa 10:3 · +4 more

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—Cross-references: Deut 29:19 · 1Sam 25:6 · Esth 3:2 · Ps 10:3 · Hos 12:8 · Luke 12:19 · +2 more

19he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.Cross-references: Gen 15:15 · 1Ki 16:6 · Job 33:30 · Ps 56:13 · Eccl 3:21 · Eccl 12:7 · +5 more

20A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.Cross-references: Esth 5:11 · Esth 7:10 · Job 4:21 · Ps 49:12 · Ps 73:18 · Eccl 3:18