Psalms 49
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
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:
1(49-1) For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. (49-2) Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
2Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
2(49-3) Both low and high, rich and poor together.
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.
3(49-4) My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
4(49-5) I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
5(49-6) Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,
6And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
6(49-7) Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
7(49-8) No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him —
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
8(49-9) For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever —
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
9(49-10) That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
10(49-11) For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
11(49-12) 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.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
12(49-13) But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.
13Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
13(49-14) This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
14(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
15(49-16) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah
16But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
16(49-17) Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;
17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
17(49-18) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
18(49-19) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
19(49-20) It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
20Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:
20(49-21) Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.
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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