| 49.1 |
Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, |
| 49.2 |
both low and high, rich and poor together. |
| 49.3 |
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. |
| 49.4 |
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp. |
| 49.5 |
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? |
| 49.6 |
Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— |
| 49.7 |
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. |
| 49.8 |
For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, |
| 49.9 |
That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. |
| 49.10 |
For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. |
| 49.11 |
Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. |
| 49.12 |
But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish. |
| 49.13 |
This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. |
| 49.14 |
They 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. |
| 49.15 |
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah. |
| 49.16 |
Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. |
| 49.17 |
For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him. |
| 49.18 |
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself— |
| 49.19 |
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. |
| 49.20 |
A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. |
