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Book of Psalms, No. 49

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Psalms 49 ASV - American Standard VersionPsalms 49 ASV - American Standard Version

No. 49 of the Psalms—American Standard Version (ASV)

  1. ¶ Hear this, all ye peoples;
    ¶ Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
  2. ¶ Both low and high,
    ¶ Rich and poor together.
  3. ¶ My mouth shall speak wisdom;
    ¶ And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
  4. ¶ I will incline mine ear to a parable:
    ¶ I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  5. ¶ Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,
    ¶ When [a]iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
  6. ¶ They that trust in their wealth,
    ¶ And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  7. ¶ None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
    ¶ Nor give to God a ransom for him
  8. ¶ (For the redemption of their life is costly,
    ¶ And it faileth for ever),
  9. ¶ That he should still live alway,
    ¶ That he should not see [b]corruption.
  10. ¶ For [c]he shall see it. Wise men die;
    ¶ The fool and the brutish alike perish,
    ¶ And leave their wealth to others.
  11. ¶ 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.
  12. ¶ But man being in honor abideth not:
    ¶ He is like the beasts that perish.
  13. ¶ This [d]their way is [e]their folly:
    ¶ Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
  14. ¶ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;
    ¶ Death shall be their shepherd:
    ¶ And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
    ¶ And their [f]beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,
    ¶ That there be no habitation for it.
  15. ¶ But God will redeem my soul from the [g]power of Sheol;
    ¶ For he will receive me. Selah
  16. ¶ Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,
    ¶ When the [h]glory of his house is increased:
  17. ¶ For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;
    ¶ His glory shall not descend after him.
  18. ¶ Though while he lived he blessed his soul
    ¶ (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),
  19. [i]He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
    [j]They shall never see the light.
  20. ¶ Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,
    ¶ Is like the beasts that perish.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, the iniquity of them that would supplant me compasseth me about, Even of them that trust . . . riches?
  2. ^ Or, the pit
  3. ^ Or, he seeth that wise men etc.
  4. ^ Or, is the way of them that are foolish
  5. ^ Or, their confidence: and after etc.
  6. ^ Or, form
  7. ^ Hebrew hand.
  8. ^ Or, wealth
  9. ^ Hebrew Thou shalt go, or, It shall go.
  10. ^ Or, Who never more see

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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