<TITLE>Psalms 049</TITLE><BR>Psalms 49 <BR>1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:<BR>2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.<BR>3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.<BR>4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.<BR>5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?<BR>6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;<BR>7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:<BR>8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)<BR>9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.<BR>10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.<BR>11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.<BR>12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.<BR>13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.<BR>14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.<BR>15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.<BR>16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;<BR>17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.<BR>18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.<BR>19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.<BR>20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.<BR><BR><BR>