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Book of Psalms, No. 49

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No. 49 of the Psalms—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ Hear this, all peoples!
    Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
  2. both low and high,
      rich and poor together!
  3. My mouth shall speak wisdom;
      the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
  4. I will incline my ear to a proverb;
      I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
  5. ¶ Why should I fear in times of trouble,
      when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,
  6. men who trust in their wealth
      and boast of the abundance of their riches?
  7. Truly no man can ransom himself,[a]
      or give to God the price of his life,
  8. for the ransom of his[b] life is costly,
      and can never suffice,
  9. that he should continue to live on for ever,
      and never see the Pit.
  10. ¶ Yea, he shall see that even the wise die,
      the fool and the stupid alike must perish
      and leave their wealth to others.
  11. Their graves[c] are their homes for ever,
      their dwelling places to all generations,
      though they named lands their own.
  12. Man cannot abide in his pomp,
      he is like the beasts that perish.
  13. ¶ This is the fate of those who have foolish confidence,
      the end of those[d] who are pleased with their portion.Selah
  14. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
      Death shall be their shepherd;
    straight to the grave they descend,[e]
      and their form shall waste away;
      Sheol shall be their home.[f]
  15. But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
      for he will receive me.Selah
  16. ¶ Be not afraid when one becomes rich,
      when the glory[g] of his house increases.
  17. For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
      his glory[h] will not go down after him.
  18. Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy,
      and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,
  19. he will go to the generation of his fathers,
      who will never more see the light.
  20. Man cannot abide in his pomp,
      he is like the beasts that perish.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Another reading is no man can ransom his brother
  2. ^ Gk: Heb their
  3. ^ Gk Syr Compare Tg: Heb their inward (thought)
  4. ^ Tg: Heb after them
  5. ^ Cn: Heb the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning
  6. ^ Heb uncertain
  7. ^ Or wealth
  8. ^ Or wealth

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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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