Psalms 49
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
1A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
2both low and high, rich and poor alike.
2Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
3God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
5Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
6And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:
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21These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
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22Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
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23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
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