# Psalm 49 ## Psalm 49:1 - [KJV] Hear this, all *ye* people; give ear, all *ye* inhabitants of the world: - [ASV] Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, - [YLT] Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. ### Notes on Psalm 49:1 - ## Psalm 49:2 - [KJV] Both low and high, rich and poor, together. - [ASV] Both low and high, Rich and poor together. - [YLT] Both low and high, together rich and needy. ### Notes on Psalm 49:2 - ## Psalm 49:3 - [KJV] My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart *shall be* of understanding. - [ASV] My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. - [YLT] My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart *are* things of understanding. ### Notes on Psalm 49:3 - ## Psalm 49:4 - [KJV] I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. - [ASV] I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. - [YLT] I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: ### Notes on Psalm 49:4 - ## Psalm 49:5 - [KJV] Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, *when* the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? - [ASV] Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about? - [YLT] Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me. ### Notes on Psalm 49:5 - ## Psalm 49:6 - [KJV] They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; - [ASV] They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; - [YLT] Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. ### Notes on Psalm 49:6 - ## Psalm 49:7 - [KJV] None *of them* can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: - [ASV] None *of them* can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; - [YLT] A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. ### Notes on Psalm 49:7 - ## Psalm 49:8 - [KJV] (For the redemption of their soul *is* precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) - [ASV] (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) - [YLT] And precious *is* the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age. ### Notes on Psalm 49:8 - ## Psalm 49:9 - [KJV] That he should still live for ever, *and* not see corruption. - [ASV] That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. - [YLT] And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. ### Notes on Psalm 49:9 - ## Psalm 49:10 - [KJV] For he seeth *that* wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. - [ASV] For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. - [YLT] For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth. ### Notes on Psalm 49:10 - ## Psalm 49:11 - [KJV] Their inward thought *is, that* their houses *shall continue* for ever, *and* their dwelling places to all generations; they call *their* lands after their own names. - [ASV] Their inward thought is, *that* their houses *shall continue* for ever, *And* their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. - [YLT] Their heart *is*: Their houses *are* to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. ### Notes on Psalm 49:11 - ## Psalm 49:12 - [KJV] Nevertheless man *being* in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts *that* perish. - [ASV] But man *being* in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. - [YLT] And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off. ### Notes on Psalm 49:12 - ## Psalm 49:13 - [KJV] This their way *is* their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. - [ASV] This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. *Selah* - [YLT] This their way *is* folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 49:13 - ## Psalm 49:14 - [KJV] Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. - [ASV] They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. - [YLT] As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form *is* for consumption. Sheol *is* a dwelling for him. ### Notes on Psalm 49:14 - ## Psalm 49:15 - [KJV] But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. - [ASV] But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. *Selah* - [YLT] Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 49:15 - ## Psalm 49:16 - [KJV] Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; - [ASV] Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. - [YLT] Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant, ### Notes on Psalm 49:16 - ## Psalm 49:17 - [KJV] For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. - [ASV] For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. - [YLT] For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him. ### Notes on Psalm 49:17 - ## Psalm 49:18 - [KJV] Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and *men* will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. - [ASV] Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) - [YLT] For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.) ### Notes on Psalm 49:18 - ## Psalm 49:19 - [KJV] He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. - [ASV] He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. - [YLT] It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light. ### Notes on Psalm 49:19 - ## Psalm 49:20 - [KJV] Man *that is* in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts *that* perish. - [ASV] Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. - [YLT] Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off! ### Notes on Psalm 49:20 -