# Psalm 49

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/49

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Hear this, all peoples; give ear, all who dwell in the world.
2. both sons of Adam, both sons of man, rich and poor together.
3. My mouth speaks wisdom, and the meditation of my heart is understanding.
4. I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will open my riddle.
5. Why should I fear in days of evil, when iniquity of my heels surrounds me?
6. Those who put confidence in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches.
7. No man can possibly redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
8. Precious is the ransom for their lives, and it ceases forever.
9. that he live on forever and not see corruption.
10. For he sees the wise die, fool and brutish perish alike, and leave their wealth to others.
11. Their inward thought is that their houses endure forever, their dwelling places generation after generation; they call their lands by their own names.
12. Yet man in honor does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
13. This is the folly of their way for them, and those after them approve their sayings. Selah.
14. Like a flock they are laid for Sheol; death shall shepherd them, and the upright shall reign over them in the morning, while their beauty and strength decay in Sheol away from their dwelling.
15. But God will redeem my soul from Sheol's grasp, for he will take me. Selah.
16. Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house abounds.
17. For when he dies he takes nothing; his glory does not go down after him.
18. Though he blesses his life while he lives, people praise you when you prosper for yourself.
19. You will enter the generation of his fathers; they will never see light.
20. A man in honor who does not understand is like the beasts that perish.

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 48](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/48.md)
[Psalm 50](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/50.md)

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