49:1 [To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.] Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 49:2 both low and high, rich and poor together! 49:3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 49:4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. 49:5 Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me, 49:6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches 49:7 Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, 49:8 for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, 49:9 that he should live on forever and never see the pit. 49:10 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. 49:11 Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. 49:12 Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. 49:13 This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah 49:14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell. 49:15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah 49:16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. 49:17 For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. 49:18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself blessed--and though you get praise when you do well for yourself-- 49:19 his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light. 49:20 Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.