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Psalms 49

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, ✦ 2Both low and high, Rich and poor together. ✦ 3My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding. ✦ 4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp. ✦ 5Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? ✦ 6Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches, ✦ 7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him— ✦ 8For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever— ✦ 9That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit. ✦ 10For he sees wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, And leave their wealth to others. ✦ 11Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, Their dwelling places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. ✦ 12Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain; He is like the beasts that perish. ✦ 13This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah ✦ 14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling. ✦ 15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me. Selah ✦ 16Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased; ✦ 17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. ✦ 18Though while he lives he blesses himself (For men will praise you when you do well for yourself), ✦ 19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see light. ✦ 20A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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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  • ★ 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.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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

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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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