Psalmorum 49
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Psalmus Asaph. [Deus deorum Dominus locutus est, et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum.
1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
2Ex Sion species decoris ejus:
2both low and high, rich and poor alike.
3Deus manifeste veniet; Deus noster, et non silebit. Ignis in conspectu ejus exardescet; et in circuitu ejus tempestas valida.
3My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
4Advocabit cælum desursum, et terram, discernere populum suum.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
5Congregate illi sanctos ejus, qui ordinant testamentum ejus super sacrificia.
5Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
6Et annuntiabunt cæli justitiam ejus, quoniam Deus judex est.
6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
7Audi, populus meus, et loquar; Israël, et testificabor tibi: Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
8Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te; holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.
8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
9Non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, neque de gregibus tuis hircos:
9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
10quoniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvarum, jumenta in montibus, et boves.
10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
11Cognovi omnia volatilia cæli, et pulchritudo agri mecum est.
11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
12Si esuriero, non dicam tibi: meus est enim orbis terræ et plenitudo ejus.
12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
13Numquid manducabo carnes taurorum? aut sanguinem hircorum potabo?
13This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
14Immola Deo sacrificium laudis, et redde Altissimo vota tua.
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.
15Et invoca me in die tribulationis: eruam te, et honorificabis me.
15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
16Peccatori autem dixit Deus: Quare tu enarras justitias meas? et assumis testamentum meum per os tuum?
16Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
17Tu vero odisti disciplinam, et projecisti sermones meos retrorsum.
17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
18Si videbas furem, currebas cum eo; et cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas.
18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
19Os tuum abundavit malitia, et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.
19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
20Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris, et adversus filium matris tuæ ponebas scandalum.
20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
21Hæc fecisti, et tacui. Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis: arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam.
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22Intelligite hæc, qui obliviscimini Deum, nequando rapiat, et non sit qui eripiat.
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23Sacrificium laudis honorificabit me, et illic iter quo ostendam illi salutare Dei.]
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