Ozzuu Bible
en_cjb - Psa 49
Ozzuu Bible - en_cjb
Psalms 49
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1 [(0)] For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:
2 [(1)] Hear this, all you peoples! Listen, everyone living on earth,
3 [(2)] regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!
4 [(3)] My mouth is about to speak wisdom; my heart’s deepest thoughts will give understanding.
5 [(4)] I will listen with care to [God’s] parable, I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.
6 [(5)] Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,
7 [(6)] the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are?
8 [(7)] No one can ever redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him ,
9 [(8)] because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)
10 [(9)] to have him live on eternally and never see the pit.
11 [(10)] For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others.
12 [(11)] They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.
13 [(12)] But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die.
14 [(13)] This is the manner of life of the foolish and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)
15 [(14)] Like sheep, they are destined for Sh’ol; death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning; and their forms will waste away in Sh’ol, until they need no dwelling.
16 [(15)] But God will redeem me from Sh’ol’s control, because he will receive me. (Selah)
17 [(16)] Don’t be afraid when someone gets rich, when the wealth of his family grows.
18 [(17)] For when he dies, he won’t take it with him; his wealth will not go down after him.
19 [(18)] True, while he lived, he thought himself happy — people praise you when you do well for yourself —
20 [(19)] but he will join his ancestors’ generations and never again see light.
21 [(20)] People, even rich ones, can fail to grasp that, like animals, they will die.