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Psalms 49

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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

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Where this chapter connects

Luke 12 ·7Rev 2 ·5Luke 16 ·4Ps 49 ·4Eccl 3 ·3Prov 22 ·3Ps 56 ·3Matt 13 ·3

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 49 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 49YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 49David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 49Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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