{"id":22571,"date":"2025-11-24T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.brandonlavere.com\/pw\/bible-chapter\/psalms-49\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:59:55","slug":"psalms-49","status":"publish","type":"bible_chapter","link":"https:\/\/dev.brandonlavere.com\/pw\/bible-chapter\/psalms-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalms 49"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1<\/strong> [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah]. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,<\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong> Both low and high, Rich and poor together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong> My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong> I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5<\/strong> Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>6<\/strong> They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong> None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8<\/strong> (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9<\/strong> That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10<\/strong> For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12<\/strong> But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13<\/strong> This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {{Selah<\/p>\n<p><strong>14<\/strong> They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15<\/strong> But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {{Selah<\/p>\n<p><strong>16<\/strong> Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17<\/strong> For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18<\/strong> Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)<\/p>\n<p><strong>19<\/strong> He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20<\/strong> Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"iawp_total_views":0},"tags":[171,170,173,196],"class_list":["post-22571","bible_chapter","type-bible_chapter","status-publish","hentry","tag-asv","tag-bible","tag-old-testament","tag-psalms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Psalms Chapter 49 - Easy To Understand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read Psalms Chapter 49 and share your prayer request. 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