Psalms 49:5-20

5 congregate illi sanctos eius qui ordinant testamentum eius super sacrificia

6 et adnuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius quoniam Deus iudex est diapsalma

7 audi populus meus et loquar tibi Israhel et testificabor tibi Deus Deus tuus ego sum

8 non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper

9 non accipiam de domo tua vitulos neque de gregibus tuis hircos

10 quoniam meae sunt omnes ferae silvarum iumenta in montibus et boves

11 cognovi omnia volatilia caeli et pulchritudo agri mecum est

12 si esuriero non dicam tibi meus est enim orbis terrae et plenitudo eius

13 numquid manducabo carnes taurorum aut sanguinem hircorum potabo

14 immola Deo sacrificium laudis et redde Altissimo vota tua

15 et invoca me in die tribulationis et eruam te et honorificabis me diapsalma

16 peccatori autem dixit Deus quare tu enarras iustitias meas et adsumis testamentum meum per os tuum

17 tu vero odisti disciplinam et proiecisti sermones meos retrorsum

18 si videbas furem currebas cum eo et cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas

19 os tuum abundavit malitia et lingua tua concinnabat dolos

20 sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris et adversus filium matris tuae ponebas scandalum

Psalms 49:5-20 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Aben Ezra says this psalm is a very excellent one, since in it is explained the Light of the world to come, and of the rational and immortal soul; and Kimchi is of opinion that it respects both this world and that which is to come: and indeed it treats of the vanity of trusting in riches: of the insufficiency of them for the redemption of the soul; of the short continuance of worldly honour and substance; of the certainty of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. And the design of it is to expose the folly of trusting in uncertain riches, and to comfort the people of God under the want of them.