Psalms 49:20

20 Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

Psalms 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).

Psalms 49:20 In-Context

18 Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy, and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,

19 he will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never more see the light.

20 Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.