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Book of Psalms, No. 49

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No. 49 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Hear this, all YOU peoples.
      Give ear, all YOU inhabitants of the system of things,[a]1
  2. ¶ YOU sons of humankind[b] as well as YOU sons of man,[c]
      You rich one and you poor one together.2
  3. ¶ My own mouth will speak things of wisdom,3
      And the meditation of my heart will be of things of understanding.4
  4. ¶ To a proverbial utterance I shall incline my ear;5
      On a harp I shall open up my riddle.6
  5. ¶ Why should I be afraid in the days of evil,7
      [When] the very error of my supplanters[d] surrounds me?8
  6. ¶ Those who are trusting in their means of maintenance,9
      And who keep boasting about the abundance of their riches,10
  7. ¶ Not one of them[e] can by any means redeem even a brother,11
      Nor give to God a ransom for him;[f]
  8. ¶ (And the redemption price of their[g] soul is so precious12
      That it has ceased to time indefinite)
  9. ¶ That he should still live forever [and] not see the pit.13
  10. ¶ For he sees that even the wise ones die,14
      Together the stupid one and the unreasoning one perish,15
      And they must leave to others their means of maintenance.16
  11. ¶ Their inward wish[h] is that their houses may be to time indefinite,17
      Their tabernacles to generation after generation.18
      They have called their landed estates by their names.19
  12. ¶ And yet earthling man,[i] though in honor, cannot keep lodging;20
      He is indeed comparable with the beasts that have been destroyed.[j]21
  13. ¶ This is the way of those who have stupidity,22
      And of those coming after them who take pleasure in their very mouthings.[k] Seʹlah.
  14. ¶ Like sheep they have been appointed[l] to Sheʹol itself;23
      Death itself will shepherd[m] them;24
      And the upright ones will have them in subjection in the morning,25
    ¶ And their forms[n] are due to wear away;26
      Sheʹol rather than a lofty abode is for each one.[o]27
  15. ¶ However, God himself will redeem my soul from the hand of Sheʹol,28
      For he will receive me. Seʹlah.
  16. ¶ Do not be afraid because some man gains riches,29
      Because the glory of his house increases,30
  17. ¶ For at his death he cannot take along anything at all;31
      His glory will not go down along with him himself.32
  18. ¶ For during his lifetime he kept blessing his own soul;33
      (And people will laud you because you do well for yourself)34
  19. ¶ [His soul][p] finally comes only as far as the generation of his forefathers.35
      Nevermore will they see the light.36
  20. ¶ Earthling man, although in honor, who does not understand,[q]37
      Is indeed comparable with the beasts that have been destroyed.38

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the duration of life.” Heb., chaʹledh.
  2. ^ “Humankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
  3. ^ “Man.” Heb., ʼish.
  4. ^ “Supplanters,” by a change of vowel pointing; M, “heels.”
  5. ^ “One of them.” Heb., ʼish.
  6. ^ Or, “a ransom for himself.” Lit., “his cover.” Heb., koph·rohʹ.
  7. ^ “Their,” MSy; LXXVg, “his.”
  8. ^ “Their inward wish,” M; LXXSyVg, “Their graves.”
  9. ^ “And yet earthling man.” Heb., weʼa·dhamʹ.
  10. ^ Or, “silenced.”
  11. ^ Lit., “mouth.”
  12. ^ Lit., “they have appointed [them].” By a correction of the verb, “they will descend (drop).”
  13. ^ Or, “pasture [tend].”
  14. ^ “Their rock,” Mmargin.
  15. ^ Or, “for him,” that is, for each one in the group.
  16. ^ Lit., “it,” fem., referring to the “soul.”
  17. ^ “Who does not understand,” M; by altering the Heb. verb form in harmony with vs 12a, “even does not keep lodging.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 17:14; Heb 1:2
  2. ^ Ps 62:9
  3. ^ Pr 16:23; Ec 10:12
  4. ^ Ps 143:5; Pr 14:33; Mt 12:35; Pp 4:8
  5. ^ Ps 78:2; Mt 13:35
  6. ^ Pr 1:6
  7. ^ Ps 27:1; Eph 5:16
  8. ^ 2Sa 15:12
  9. ^ De 8:17; Ps 52:7; Pr 10:15; 18:11; 1Ti 6:17; 1Jo 2:16
  10. ^ Es 5:11; Je 9:23; Lu 12:19
  11. ^ Pr 11:4; Mt 16:26
  12. ^ Jb 36:18
  13. ^ Ps 89:48
  14. ^ Ec 2:16; Ro 5:12
  15. ^ Ec 3:19
  16. ^ Ps 39:6; Pr 11:4; 23:4; Ec 2:18; Je 17:11; Lu 12:20
  17. ^ Jb 21:9; Ps 17:14
  18. ^ Ec 1:4
  19. ^ Ge 4:17; 1Sa 15:12; 2Sa 18:18
  20. ^ Ps 39:5; Jm 1:11
  21. ^ Ec 3:20
  22. ^ Lu 12:20
  23. ^ Jb 21:13
  24. ^ Jb 24:19; Ro 5:14; Re 6:8
  25. ^ Ps 30:5; Ml 4:3
  26. ^ Ps 39:11
  27. ^ 1Sa 2:6; Jb 7:9
  28. ^ Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; 56:13; 86:13
  29. ^ Es 3:1
  30. ^ Es 5:11
  31. ^ Jb 1:21; Ec 5:15; Lu 12:20; 1Ti 6:17
  32. ^ Is 10:3
  33. ^ De 29:19; Lu 12:19
  34. ^ Pr 14:20
  35. ^ Ge 15:15
  36. ^ Jb 33:30; Ps 56:13
  37. ^ Jb 4:21; Ps 49:12; Pr 16:16
  38. ^ Ec 3:19; 2Pe 2:12

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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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