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Psalms 49:2
2All people must listen, whoever you are, whether you are rich people or poor people.
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Context of Psalms 49:2
1Listen to this, people from every nation. Yes, listen carefully, everyone who lives in this world! All people must listen, whoever you are, whether you are rich people or poor people. 3I will speak wise words to you. When you know my thoughts, you will understand things better. 4I have studied proverbs. I explain what they mean as I make music on my harp.
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גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י אָ֭דָם גַּם־בְּנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ יַ֝֗חַד עָשִׁ֥יר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 49:2
- Psalms 62:9People are only as light as a breath! Whoever they are, they are not important. If you try to weigh them, all together, they weigh less than a breath of air.
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some people poor and he makes other people rich. He causes some people to be important and he puts other people low down.
- Job 34:19God created everyone. He is not more kind to important people than he is to other people. He does not help rich people more than he helps poor people.
- Proverbs 22:2This is true about rich people and poor people: The Lord created them all.
- Jeremiah 5:4I thought, ‘These are poor, foolish people. They do not understand what the Lord wants them to do. They do not know his commands.
- James 1:9The believers in your group who are poor should be happy. Why? Because God says that they are valuable to him.
- James 2:1My Christian friends, you must be kind to everyone. You trust the Lord Jesus Christ, who is great in heaven. So do not think that anyone is more valuable than any other person.
- Revelation 6:15Then everyone on the earth hid themselves. They went to the mountains and they hid among the rocks and in holes in the rocks. Everyone tried to hide, even the kings and the rulers. The soldiers' leaders, the rich people and other powerful people all went to hide. Everyone hid, whether they were slaves or free people.
Commentaries on Psalms 49:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Both low and high - Those alike of humble and those of exalted rank, for it pertains equally to all. On the meaning of the “terms” employed here, see the notes at Isaiah 2:9. These truths pertained to the “low;” that is, to those of humble rank, as teaching them not to envy the rich, and not to fear their power; and they pertained to those of exalted rank, as teaching them not to trust in their riches, and not to suppose that they could permanently…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Anyone who will listen can gain wisdom (Proverbs 1:5, 8, 33).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201-3. All are called to hear what interests all. world--literally, "duration of life," the present time.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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