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Psalms 49
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The Foolishness of Trusting in Riches[ap]

49Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere,H5329H4210H1121H7141H8085H5971H238H3427H2465
2great and small alike, rich and poor together.H1121H120H1121H376H6223H34H3162
3My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.H6310H1696H2454H1900H3820H8394
4I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.H5186H241H4912H6605H2420H3658
5I am not afraid in times of danger when I am surrounded by enemies,H3372H3117H7451H5771H6120H5437
6by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.H982H2428H1984H7230H6239
7We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,H376H6299H6299H251H5414H430H3724
8because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enoughH6306H5315H3365H2308H5769
9to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.H2421H5331H7200H7845
10Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.H7200H2450H4191H3162H3684H1198H6H5800H2428H312
11Their graves are their homes forever; there they stay for all time, though they once had lands of their own.H7130H1004H5769H4908H1755H1755H7121H127H8034
12Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.H120H3366H3885H4911H929H1820
13See what happens to those who trust in themselves, the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth -H1870H3689H310H7521H6310H5542
14they are doomed to die like sheep, and Death will be their shepherd. The righteous will triumph over them, as their bodies quickly decay in the world of the dead far from their homes.H6629H8371H7585H4194H7462H3477H7287H1242H6697H6736H1086H7585H2073
15But God will rescue me; he will save me from the power of death.H430H6299H5315H3027H7585H3947H5542
16Don't be upset when someone becomes rich, when his wealth grows even greater;H3372H376H6238H3519H1004H7235
17he cannot take it with him when he dies; his wealth will not go with him to the grave.H4194H3947H3519H3381H310
18Even if someone is satisfied with this life and is praised because he is successful,H2416H1288H5315H3034H3190
19he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.H935H1755H1H3808H5331H7200H216
20Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.H120H3366H995H4911H929H1820


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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