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Psalm 49

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach: Hear this, all you peoples! Listen, everyone living on earth,

2 regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!

3 My mouth is about to speak wisdom; my heart's deepest thoughts will give understanding.

4 I will listen with care to [God's] parable, I will set my enigma to the music of the lyre.

5 Why should I fear when the days bring trouble, when the evil of my pursuers surrounds me,

6 the evil of those who rely on their wealth and boast how rich they are?

7 No one can ever redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him,

8 because the price for him is too high (leave the idea completely alone!)

9 to have him live on eternally and never see the pit.

10 For he can see that wise men will die, likewise the fool and the brute will perish and leave their wealth to others.

11 They think their homes will last forever, their dwellings through all generations; they give their own names to their estates.

12 But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die.

13 This is the manner of life of the foolish and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)

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.

15 But God will redeem me from Sh'ol's control, because he will receive me. (Selah)

16 Don't be afraid when someone gets rich, when the wealth of his family grows.

17 For when he dies, he won't take it with him; his wealth will not go down after him.

18 True, while he lived, he thought himself happy people praise you when you do well for yourself

19 but he will join his ancestors' generations and never again see light.

20 People, even rich ones, can fail to grasp that, like animals, they will die.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Listen, everyone, listen - earth-dwellers, don't miss this.

2 All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.

3 I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life.

4 I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.

5 So why should I fear in bad times, hemmed in by enemy malice,

6 Shoved around by bullies, demeaned by the arrogant rich?

7 Really! There's no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

8 The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn't guarantee

9 Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.

10 Anyone can see that the brightest and best die, wiped out right along with fools and dunces.

11 They leave all their prowess behind, move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!

12 We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.

13 This is what happens to those who live for the moment, who only look out for themselves:

14 Death herds them like sheep straight to hell; they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing - nothing left but a marker in a cemetery.

15 But me? God snatches me from the clutch of death, he reaches down and grabs me.

16 So don't be impressed with those who get rich and pile up fame and fortune.

17 They can't take it with them; fame and fortune all get left behind.

18 Just when they think they've arrived and folks praise them because they've made good,

19 They enter the family burial plot where they'll never see sunshine again.

20 We aren't immortal. We don't last long. Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.