Psalm 49:20

20 ¹Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is ²like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:20 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 49:20

Man [that is] in honour
A wicked man, as the Targum; (See Gill on Psalms 49:12);

and understandeth not;
from whence his riches and honour, come, and what use he should make of them, and for what end he has them; or that understandeth not spiritual things, which relate to the salvation of his soul; who does not know God in Christ, nor the way of salvation by Christ; nor has any experience of the work of the Spirit of God upon his soul; nor has any spiritual understanding of the doctrines of the Gospel; nor knows himself, his state and condition, and what true happiness is:

is like the beasts [that] perish; (See Gill on Psalms 49:12).

Psalm 49:20 In-Context

18 Though while he lives he congratulates himself - And though men praise you when you do well for yourself-

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.

20 Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 49:12
• 2. Ecclesiastes 3:19

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "honor"
• [b] Or "animals"
• [c] Lit "are destroyed"