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Psalm 49

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.

World English Bible WEB

1 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.>> Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

6 Those who trust in their wealth, And boast in the multitude of their riches --

7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.

8 For the redemption of their life is costly, No payment is ever enough,

9 That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.

10 For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses will endure forever, And their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, And of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, Far from their mansion.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For he will receive me. Selah.

16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul -- And men praise you when you do well for yourself --

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

20 A man who has riches without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.