August 20, 2024

Through My Bible Yr 01 – August 20

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Through My Bible Yr 01 – August 20Psalms 49

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Through My Bible – August 20

Psalms 49 (EHV)

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Psalm 49

The Fool Trusts in Riches

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For the choir director. By the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

Introduction

1 Hear this, all you peoples.

Pay attention, all you inhabitants of this world,

2 all you children of Adam, all mankind,

rich and poor alike.

3 My mouth will speak wisdom.

The meditation of my heart will give understanding.

4 I will listen carefully to wise teaching.

With a lyre I will explain deep truths.

The Limitations of Riches

5 Why should I fear days of trouble,

days when the wickedness of my pursuers surrounds me? [1]

6 They trust in their wealth.

They place their confidence in the abundance of their riches.

7 But no one can by any means redeem himself. [2]

He cannot give God a ransom for himself—

8 (Yes, the ransom for their souls is costly.

Any payment would fall short.) [3]

9 —so that he could live on forever and not see the pit.

10 Yes, we can see that wise men die.

The fool and the senseless alike perish,

and they leave their wealth to others.

11 They think their houses will remain forever,

their dwellings for generation after generation [4]

because they named lands after themselves.

12 But man, though he has riches, does not even spend a night here.

He is like the animals that perish.

13 This way of theirs is foolishness,

but their followers approve of what they say. Interlude

14 They are like a flock destined for the grave.

Death will be their shepherd.

The upright will rule over them in the morning.

Their bodies will be consumed by the grave,

far from their mansions. [5]

The Limitless Power of God

15 But surely God will redeem my life from the power of the grave.

Yes, he will take me to himself. Interlude

Review and Conclusion

16 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich,

when the glory of his house increases,

17 because when he dies, he cannot take anything along.

His glory will not go down with him.

18 Throughout his life he congratulates himself:

“People praise you because you have done so well for yourself.”

19 He will go to the gathering place of his fathers.

They will never see the light!

20 A man who has riches but does not understand

is like the animals that perish.

Footnotes

Psalm 49:5 The line is unclear. The Hebrew reads the wickedness of my heels surrounds me.

Psalm 49:7 The translation follows a few Hebrew manuscripts. Many Hebrew manuscripts read he cannot redeem a brother.

Psalm 49:8 The line is cryptic: it/he ceases forever. This may mean that no payment is ever enough or that at death the man’s earthly life ends forever.

Psalm 49:11 The translation follows the Hebrew. Ancient versions read their tombs will remain their houses forever.

Psalm 49:14 The Hebrew of this line reads their form for consuming of Sheol, from a lofty residence to him. The meaning is unclear.

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