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Psalms Chapter 49

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Psalms

49
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Psalm 49 is a wisdom psalm calling all peoples, both low and high, to hear a parable about the fleeting hope of those who trust in wealth. The psalmist observes that no man can redeem his brother or give God a ransom for him, since the redemption of a soul is costly and must cease forever, so even the wise die like beasts. He declares that the inward thought of the rich is that their houses will continue forever, naming their lands after themselves, but like sheep appointed to death they will fall, and death will be their shepherd—while God will redeem his soul from the power of the grave, for man in honor who does not understand is like the beasts that perish.

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(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
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Psalms 46:1Psalms 48:1Psalms 34:11Psalms 78:1Proverbs 1:20Proverbs 1:21Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 1:23Matthew 11:15Matthew 13:9Revelation 2:7Revelation 2:11

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John 15:19Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Psalms 47:1Psalms 84:1

(2) Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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Psalms 62:9I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:8Job 34:19Proverbs 22:2Jeremiah 5:4Jeremiah 5:5James 1:9James 1:10James 1:11James 2:1James 2:2

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I Samuel 2:7II Corinthians 8:9

(3) My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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Deuteronomy 32:2Job 33:3Job 33:33Proverbs 4:1Proverbs 4:2Proverbs 8:6Proverbs 8:7Proverbs 8:8Proverbs 8:9Proverbs 8:10Proverbs 8:11Proverbs 22:17

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Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13Daniel 5:11

(4) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Psalms 78:2Matthew 13:35Numbers 23:7Ezekiel 20:49Matthew 13:11Matthew 13:12Matthew 13:13Matthew 13:14Matthew 13:15Proverbs 1:6Daniel 8:23Luke 12:3

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Psalms 78:2Isaiah 37:17Daniel 9:18

(5) Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
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Psalms 27:1Psalms 27:2Psalms 46:1Psalms 46:2Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:11Acts 27:24Romans 8:33Romans 8:34Philippians 1:28Proverbs 24:10Amos 5:13

(6) They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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Psalms 52:7Psalms 62:10Job 31:24Job 31:25Proverbs 10:15Proverbs 23:5Mark 10:24I Timothy 6:17Esther 5:11Jeremiah 9:23Ezekiel 28:4Ezekiel 28:5

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Ezekiel 27:18

(7) None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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Matthew 16:26Matthew 20:28I Timothy 2:6I Peter 1:18

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Ruth 4:4Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20Leviticus 25:49Ruth 4:6

(8) (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
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Job 36:18Job 36:19

(9) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
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Psalms 89:48Proverbs 10:2Proverbs 11:4Ecclesiastes 8:8Zechariah 1:5Luke 16:22Luke 16:23Psalms 16:10John 8:51John 8:52Acts 2:27Acts 2:31

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20

(10) For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Ecclesiastes 2:16Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:18Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 2:20Ecclesiastes 2:21Ecclesiastes 9:1Ecclesiastes 9:2Romans 5:12Romans 5:13Romans 5:14Hebrews 9:27

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Ecclesiastes 2:16Genesis 44:22Numbers 17:12Numbers 35:30II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4

(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.
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Psalms 5:9Psalms 64:6Ezekiel 38:10Luke 11:39Acts 8:22Genesis 4:17I Samuel 15:12II Samuel 18:18

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Matthew 1:17Genesis 25:13Genesis 36:40II Chronicles 32:13II Kings 17:32Exodus 10:6

(12) Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
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Psalms 49:20Psalms 39:5Psalms 82:7James 1:10James 1:11I Peter 1:24Ecclesiastes 3:18Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 3:20Ecclesiastes 3:21Ecclesiastes 9:12

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Numbers 18:15Psalms 49:20

(13) This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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Luke 12:20I Corinthians 3:19Jeremiah 44:17Luke 11:47Luke 11:48Luke 16:27Luke 16:28

(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.
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Psalms 44:11Jeremiah 12:3Romans 8:36Job 17:13Job 17:14Job 21:13Job 21:26Job 30:23Ecclesiastes 12:7Isaiah 38:10Isaiah 38:11Job 24:19

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Genesis 35:20Hosea 13:14Daniel 7:14Daniel 11:5Exodus 22:1John 10:12

(15) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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Psalms 31:5Psalms 56:13Psalms 73:24Hosea 13:14Revelation 5:9Revelation 14:13Psalms 16:10Psalms 86:13Psalms 89:48Luke 23:46John 14:3Acts 7:59

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Ruth 4:4Hosea 13:14Exodus 13:13Exodus 34:20Leviticus 25:49Ruth 4:6

(16) Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
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Psalms 49:5Psalms 37:1Psalms 37:7Esther 3:1Esther 3:2Esther 3:3Esther 3:4Esther 3:5Esther 3:6Proverbs 28:12Genesis 31:1Esther 5:11

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(17) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Job 1:21Job 27:19Ecclesiastes 5:15Luke 12:20Luke 16:24I Timothy 6:7Isaiah 5:14Isaiah 10:3I Corinthians 15:43

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I Timothy 6:7

(18) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
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Deuteronomy 29:19Hosea 12:8Luke 12:19I Samuel 25:6Esther 3:2Acts 12:20Acts 12:21Acts 12:22Revelation 13:3Revelation 13:4

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Genesis 4:7II Kings 4:26Jonah 4:9Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1

(19) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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Ecclesiastes 3:21Ecclesiastes 12:7Luke 12:20Luke 16:22Luke 16:23Genesis 15:15I Kings 16:6Psalms 56:13Job 33:30Matthew 8:12Matthew 22:13Jude 1:13

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Isaiah 13:20

(20) Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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Psalms 49:12Esther 5:11Esther 5:12Esther 5:13Esther 5:14Esther 7:10Job 4:21Psalms 73:18Psalms 73:19Ecclesiastes 3:18Ecclesiastes 3:19

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Psalms 49:12

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