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Psalm 49

New Living Translation NLT

1 Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!

2 High and low, rich and poor—listen!

3 For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.

4 I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

5 Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?

6 They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.

8 Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough

9 to live forever and never see the grave.

10 Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.

11 The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,

12 but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals.

13 This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude

14 Like sheep, they are led to the grave, where death will be their shepherd. In the morning the godly will rule over them. Their bodies will rot in the grave, far from their grand estates.

15 But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude

16 So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid.

17 For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

18 In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success.

19 But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.

20 People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals.

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.