New English Translation
Psalms 49:1
1Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!
Psalms 49:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- New International Version (NIV)Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Context of Psalms 49:1
Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! 2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor! 3I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:1 word by word
שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֭את כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינוּ כָּל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חָֽלֶד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 49:1
- Psalms 46:1God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
- Psalms 48:1The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.
- Psalms 34:11Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.
- Psalms 78:1Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!
- Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
- Matthew 11:15The one who has ears had better listen!
- Matthew 13:9The one who has ears had better listen!”
- Revelation 2:7The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
- Psalms 50:1El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.
- Isaiah 49:6he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
- Malachi 1:11For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord who rules over all.
- Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
- Romans 3:29Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!
- Romans 10:18But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Commentaries on Psalms 49:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Hear this, all ye people - The four first verses contain the author's exordium or introduction, delivered in a very pompous style and promising the deepest lessons of wisdom and instruction. But what was rare then is common-place now.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hear this, all ye people - That is, What I am about; to utter is worthy of universal attention; it pertains equally to all mankind. The psalmist; therefore calls on all the nations to attend to what he is about to say. Compare the notes at Isaiah 1:2. Give ear - Incline your ear; attend. Compare the notes at Psalm 17:6. See also Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 55:3; Daniel 9:18; Proverbs 2:2. All ye inhabitants of the world - The truth to be declared does not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A call for attention. (1-5) Folly of worldlings. (6-14) Against fear of death. (15-20) Verses 1-5 We seldom meet with a more solemn introduction: there is no truth of greater importance. Let all hear this with application to ourselves. The poor are in danger from undue desire toward the wealth of the world, as rich people from undue delight in it. The psalmist begins with applying it to himself, and that is the right method in which to treat of Divine…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
In the dictionaries
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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