My LORD’s BiblePsalms 49
1Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת כָּל־הָעַמִּים הַאֲזִינוּ כָּל־יֹשְׁבֵי חָלֶד׃ (1532)
See also: Deuteronomy 32:1, Psalms 42:1, Psalms 78:1, Psalms 33:8, Proverbs 22:2, Matthew 11:15, Proverbs 8:4, Matthew 28:19-20, Romans 3:29, Romans 10:18, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:17, Psalms 34:11, Proverbs 1:20-23, Proverbs 4:2, Isaiah 1:2, Isaiah 49:6, Jeremiah 17:20, Micah 1:2, Malachi 1:11
2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
גַּם־בְּנֵי אָדָם גַּם־בְּנֵי־אִישׁ יַחַד עָשִׁיר וְאֶבְיֹון׃ (1243)
See also: Psalms 62:9, James 2:1-7, 1 Samuel 2:7-8, Job 34:19, Proverbs 22:2, Jeremiah 5:4-5, James 1:9-11, Revelation 6:15-17, Revelation 13:16, Job 3:19, Isaiah 2:9, Zechariah 9:13
3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
פִּי יְדַבֵּר חָכְמֹות וְהָגוּת לִבִּי תְבוּנֹות׃ (2106)
See also: Psalms 45:1, Psalms 19:14, Matthew 12:35, Proverbs 22:20-21, Job 28:21, Proverbs 22:17, Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Job 33:33, Psalms 119:130, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Psalms 37:30, Proverbs 4:1-2, Job 36:4, Psalms 104:34, Proverbs 8:6-11, 1 Timothy 4:15, Job 20:3, 1 Corinthians 14:2
4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
אַטֶּה לְמָשָׁל אָזְנִי אֶפְתַּח בְּכִנֹּור חִידָתִי׃ (1682)
See also: Psalms 78:2, Proverbs 1:6, Matthew 13:35, Numbers 12:8, Numbers 23:7, Matthew 13:3, John 16:25, 1 Kings 10:1, Matthew 13:11-15, Mark 4:2, Luke 12:3, 2 Corinthians 3:12, Judges 14:12, 1 Samuel 10:5, 2 Chronicles 9:1, Job 27:1, Ezekiel 20:49, Daniel 8:23
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
לָמָּה אִירָא בִּימֵי רָע עֲוֹן עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּנִי׃ (1065)
See also: Psalms 37:18, Psalms 94:13, Proverbs 24:10, Acts 27:24, Romans 8:33-34, Philippians 1:28, Genesis 49:17, 1 Samuel 26:20, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 23:4, Psalms 27:1-2, Psalms 38:4, Psalms 46:1-2, Psalms 56:6-7, Proverbs 5:22, Isaiah 41:10-11, Hosea 7:2, Amos 5:13, Zephaniah 3:11, Ephesians 5:16
6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
הַבֹּטְחִים עַל־חֵילָם וּבְרֹב עָשְׁרָם יִתְהַלָּלוּ׃ (1563)
See also: Jeremiah 9:23, Luke 9:25, Psalms 62:10, Galatians 6:14, Ecclesiastes 8:8, 1 Timothy 6:17, Proverbs 11:4, Luke 16:22, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 10:2, Ezekiel 28:4-5, Luke 6:24, Job 31:24, Proverbs 11:28, Proverbs 13:8, Hosea 12:8, Job 21:16, Job 34:19, Psalms 10:3, Proverbs 18:11
7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
אָח לֹא־פָדֹה יִפְדֶּה אִישׁ לֹא־יִתֵּן לֵאלֹהִים כָּפְרֹו׃ (1452)
See also: Matthew 16:26, 1 Peter 1:18, Mark 8:37, Psalms 89:48, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 25:9, 1 Timothy 2:6, Job 33:24, Exodus 30:12, Job 6:23, Job 36:18, John 11:39, Philippians 3:11, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 47:29, Leviticus 25:31, Psalms 26:11, Luke 7:42, 1 Kings 20:39, Job 5:20
8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
וְיֵקַר פִּדְיֹון נַפְשָׁם וְחָדַל לְעֹולָם׃ (1160)
9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
וִיחִי־עֹוד לָנֶצַח לֹא יִרְאֶה הַשָּׁחַת׃ (1252)
See also: Psalms 89:48, Psalms 16:10, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 11:4, John 8:51-52, Acts 2:27, Genesis 47:29, Job 17:14, Psalms 22:29, Zechariah 1:5, Luke 16:22-23, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:35, Acts 13:36, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Peter 4:14, Acts 13:33
10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
כִּי יִרְאֶה ׀ חֲכָמִים יָמוּתוּ יַחַד כְּסִיל וָבַעַר יֹאבֵדוּ וְעָזְבוּ לַאֲחֵרִים חֵילָם׃ (1737)
See also: Psalms 92:6, Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Luke 12:20, Psalms 94:8, Ecclesiastes 5:13-16, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 94:11, Ecclesiastes 2:18, 1 Timothy 6:6-10, Hebrews 9:27, Psalms 37:10, Proverbs 30:2, Jeremiah 10:8, Psalms 49:17, Proverbs 11:4, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Luke 16:8, Joshua 24:33
11Their 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.
קִרְבָּם בָּתֵּימֹו ׀ לְעֹולָם מִשְׁכְּנֹתָם לְדֹר וָדֹר קָרְאוּ בִשְׁמֹותָם עֲלֵי אֲדָמֹות׃ (3926)
See also: Colossians 3:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 11:4, Psalms 5:9, Psalms 64:6, 2 Samuel 18:18, Psalms 10:6, Ezekiel 38:10, 1 Samuel 15:12, Psalms 10:3, Ecclesiastes 2:4, Luke 11:39, Luke 16:25, Acts 8:22, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 3:14, Job 8:15, Habakkuk 2:9
12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
וְאָדָם בִּיקָר בַּל־יָלִין נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמֹות נִדְמוּ׃ (1488)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:18-21, Psalms 82:7, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 49:20, Ecclesiastes 9:12, James 1:10-11, Psalms 7:5, 1 Peter 1:24, Luke 16:28
13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
זֶה דַרְכָּם כֵּסֶל לָמֹו וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם ׀ בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶלָה׃ (1270)
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
כַּצֹּאן ׀ לִשְׁאֹול שַׁתּוּ מָוֶת יִרְעֵם וַיִּרְדּוּ בָם יְשָׁרִים ׀ לַבֹּקֶר [וְצִירָם כ] (וְצוּרָם ק) לְבַלֹּות שְׁאֹול מִזְּבֻל לֹו׃ (4888)
See also: Malachi 4:3, 1 Corinthians 6:2, Job 24:19-20, Job 30:23, Daniel 7:22, Matthew 22:29, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 39:11, Jeremiah 12:3, Daniel 7:18, Luke 22:30, Romans 8:36, Job 17:13-14, Job 21:13, Job 21:26, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 44:11, Psalms 47:3, Proverbs 14:19
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
אַךְ־אֱלֹהִים יִפְדֶּה נַפְשִׁי מִיַּד־שְׁאֹול כִּי יִקָּחֵנִי סֶלָה׃ (1340)
See also: Psalms 16:10, Psalms 107:20, Psalms 73:24, Psalms 56:13, Psalms 89:48, Hosea 13:14, Psalms 86:13, Psalms 116:8, Philippians 1:23, Revelation 5:9, Genesis 5:24, Job 6:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Psalms 31:5, Psalms 69:18, Luke 23:46, John 14:3, Acts 7:59, Revelation 14:13, Psalms 26:11
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
אַל־תִּירָא כִּי־יַעֲשִׁר אִישׁ כִּי־יִרְבֶּה כְּבֹוד בֵּיתֹו׃ (2260)
See also: Luke 16:22, Matthew 4:8, Psalms 37:7, Jeremiah 9:23, Psalms 37:1, Luke 6:24, Genesis 31:1, Psalms 4:6, Revelation 21:24, Revelation 21:26, Esther 3:1-6, Esther 5:11, Job 15:29, Job 19:9, Isaiah 10:3, Matthew 19:23, Psalms 49:5, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 28:12
17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
כִּי לֹא בְמֹותֹו יִקַּח הַכֹּל לֹא־יֵרֵד אַחֲרָיו כְּבֹודֹו׃ (1196)
See also: Mark 8:36, 1 Timothy 6:7, Job 1:21, Ecclesiastes 5:15, Luke 12:20, Psalms 17:14, Job 27:19, Job 21:23, Job 31:24, Psalms 49:10, Luke 16:24, 1 Corinthians 15:43, Isaiah 5:14, Isaiah 10:3
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
כִּי־נַפְשֹׁו בְּחַיָּיו יְבָרֵךְ וְיֹודֻךָ כִּי־תֵיטִיב לָךְ׃ (1291)
See also: Deuteronomy 29:19, Luke 12:19, Psalms 36:2, Proverbs 28:4, Psalms 10:3, Luke 16:15, 1 Samuel 25:6, Esther 3:2, Hosea 12:8, Malachi 3:15, Acts 12:20-22, Revelation 13:3-4
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
תָּבֹוא עַד־דֹּור אֲבֹותָיו עַד־נֵצַח לֹא יִרְאוּ־אֹור׃ (1795)
See also: John 8:12, John 3:36, Job 33:30, Genesis 15:15, Psalms 56:13, 1 Peter 3:10, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Luke 12:20, 1 Kings 16:6, Job 33:28, Ecclesiastes 3:21, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 22:13, Luke 6:25, Luke 16:22-23, Jude 1:13
20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
אָדָם בִּיקָר וְלֹא יָבִין נִמְשַׁל כַּבְּהֵמֹות נִדְמוּ׃ (1459)
See also: Psalms 49:12, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Job 4:21, Ecclesiastes 3:18-19, Daniel 4:30, Esther 7:10, Isaiah 14:10, Esther 5:11-14, Psalms 73:18-19