New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 49:5-12

5Why should I 1fear in days of adversity, When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,6Those who 2trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?7No one can by any means 3redeem another Or give God a 4ransom for him--8For 5the redemption of 6his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever--9That he might 7live on eternally, That he might not 8 9undergo decay.

10For he sees that even 10wise people die; The 11foolish and the stupid alike perish And 12leave their wealth to others.11Their 13 14inner thought is that their houses 15are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have 16named their lands after their own names.12But 17man in his splendor will not endure; He is like the animals that 18perish.

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Notes

1. Psalms 49:5 Ps 23:4; 27:1 ↩
2. Psalms 49:6 Job 31:24; Ps 52:7; Prov 11:28; Mark 10:24 ↩
3. Psalms 49:7 Matt 25:8, 9 ↩
4. Psalms 49:7 Job 36:18, 19 ↩
5. Psalms 49:8 Matt 16:26 ↩
6. Psalms 49:8 Lit their ↩
7. Psalms 49:9 Ps 22:29 ↩
8. Psalms 49:9 Or see corruption; lit see the pit ↩
9. Psalms 49:9 Ps 16:10; 89:48 ↩
10. Psalms 49:10 Eccl 2:16 ↩
11. Psalms 49:10 Ps 92:6; 94:8 ↩
12. Psalms 49:10 Ps 39:6; Eccl 2:18, 21; Luke 12:20 ↩
13. Psalms 49:11 Some ancient versions graves are their houses ↩
14. Psalms 49:11 Ps 64:6 ↩
15. Psalms 49:11 Ps 10:6 ↩
16. Psalms 49:11 Gen 4:17; Deut 3:14 ↩
17. Psalms 49:12 Ps 49:20 ↩
18. Psalms 49:12 Lit are destroyed ↩

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