Psalms 49:11 - Prayer Tents

Misplaced Trust in Wealth

49[For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.] Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world,H5329H4210H1121H7141H8085H5971H238H3427H2465 2both low and high, rich and poor together.H1121H120H1121H376H6223H34H3162 3My mouth speaks wisdom; my heart's meditation [brings] understanding.H6310H1696H2454H1900H3820H8394 4I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre.H5186H241H4912H6605H2420H3658 5Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.H3372H3117H7451H5771H6120H5437 6They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches.H982H2428H1984H7230H6239 7Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God—H376H6299H6299H251H5414H430H3724 8since the price of redeeming him is too costly, one should forever stop trying—H6306H5315H3365H2308H5769 9so that he may live forever and not see the Pit.H2421H5331H7200H7845 10For one can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.H7200H2450H4191H3162H3684H1198H6H5800H2428H312 11Their graves are their eternal homes, their homes from generation to generation, though they have named estates after themselves.H7130H1004H5769H4908H1755H1755H7121H127H8034 12But despite [his] assets, man will not last; he is like the animals that perish.H120H3366H3885H4911H929H1820 13This is the way of those who are arrogant, and of their followers, who approve of their words. SelahH1870H3689H310H7521H6310H5542 14Like sheep they are headed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will waste away in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.H6629H8371H7585H4194H7462H3477H7287H1242H6697H6736H1086H7585H2073 15But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol, for He will take me. SelahH430H6299H5315H3027H7585H3947H5542 16Do not be afraid when a man gets rich, when the wealth of his house increases.H3372H376H6238H3519H1004H7235 17For when he dies, he will take nothing at all; his wealth will not follow him down.H4194H3947H3519H3381H310 18Though he praises himself during his lifetime— and people praise you when you do well for yourself—H2416H1288H5315H3034H3190 19he will go to the generation of his fathers; they will never see the light.H935H1755H1H3808H5331H7200H216 20A man with valuable possessions but without understanding is like the animals that perish.H120H3366H995H4911H929H1820