Psalms 49
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
1Psalmus Asaph. [Deus deorum Dominus locutus est, et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum.
2both low and high, rich and poor together.
2Ex Sion species decoris ejus:
3My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
3Deus manifeste veniet; Deus noster, et non silebit. Ignis in conspectu ejus exardescet; et in circuitu ejus tempestas valida.
4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
4Advocabit cælum desursum, et terram, discernere populum suum.
5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
5Congregate illi sanctos ejus, qui ordinant testamentum ejus super sacrificia.
6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—
6Et annuntiabunt cæli justitiam ejus, quoniam Deus judex est.
7none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
7Audi, populus meus, et loquar; Israël, et testificabor tibi: Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
8For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
8Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te; holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.
9that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
9Non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, neque de gregibus tuis hircos:
10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
10quoniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvarum, jumenta in montibus, et boves.
11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
11Cognovi omnia volatilia cæli, et pulchritudo agri mecum est.
12But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
12Si esuriero, non dicam tibi: meus est enim orbis terræ et plenitudo ejus.
13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
13Numquid manducabo carnes taurorum? aut sanguinem hircorum potabo?
14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
14Immola Deo sacrificium laudis, et redde Altissimo vota tua.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
15Et invoca me in die tribulationis: eruam te, et honorificabis me.
16Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
16Peccatori autem dixit Deus: Quare tu enarras justitias meas? et assumis testamentum meum per os tuum?
17for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
17Tu vero odisti disciplinam, et projecisti sermones meos retrorsum.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
18Si videbas furem, currebas cum eo; et cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas.
19he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
19Os tuum abundavit malitia, et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.
20A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
20Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris, et adversus filium matris tuæ ponebas scandalum.
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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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