Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 (48-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.> (48-2) Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
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Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!
2 (48-3) All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.
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High and low, rich and poor—listen!
3 (48-4) My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
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For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
4 (48-5) I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.
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I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.
5 (48-6) Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
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Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?
6 (48-7) They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,
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They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.
7 (48-8) No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,
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Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
8 (48-9) Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,
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Redemption does not come so easily, for no one can ever pay enough
9 (48-10) And shall still live unto the end.
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to live forever and never see the grave.
10 (48-11) He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
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Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.
11 (48-12) And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
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The grave is their eternal home, where they will stay forever. They may name their estates after themselves,
12 (48-13) And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
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but their fame will not last. They will die, just like animals.
13 (48-14) This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
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This is the fate of fools, though they are remembered as being wise. Interlude
14 (48-15) They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
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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 (48-16) But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.
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But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude
16 (48-17) Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rick, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
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So don’t be dismayed when the wicked grow rich and their homes become ever more splendid.
17 (48-18) For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
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For when they die, they take nothing with them. Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.
18 (48-19) For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
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In this life they consider themselves fortunate and are applauded for their success.
19 (48-20) He shall g in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
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But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.
20 (48-21) Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
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People who boast of their wealth don’t understand; they will die, just like animals.