Psalms 49:21

21 haec fecisti et tacui existimasti inique quod ero tui similis arguam te et statuam contra faciem tuam

Psalms 49:21 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Aben Ezra says this psalm is a very excellent one, since in it is explained the Light of the world to come, and of the rational and immortal soul; and Kimchi is of opinion that it respects both this world and that which is to come: and indeed it treats of the vanity of trusting in riches: of the insufficiency of them for the redemption of the soul; of the short continuance of worldly honour and substance; of the certainty of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. And the design of it is to expose the folly of trusting in uncertain riches, and to comfort the people of God under the want of them.

Psalms 49:21 In-Context

19 os tuum abundavit malitia et lingua tua concinnabat dolos
20 sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris et adversus filium matris tuae ponebas scandalum
21 haec fecisti et tacui existimasti inique quod ero tui similis arguam te et statuam contra faciem tuam
22 intellegite nunc haec qui obliviscimini Deum nequando rapiat et non sit qui eripiat
23 sacrificium laudis honorificabit me et illic iter quod ostendam illi salutare Dei
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