Psalm 49-50

New American Standard Bible

The Foolishness of Trusting in Riches.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

49 ^(A)Hear this, all peoples;
Listen, all ^(B)inhabitants of the world,
²Both ^(C)low and high,
Rich and poor together.
³My mouth will ^(D)speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart will be ^(E)understanding.
⁴I will incline my ear to ^(F)a proverb;
^(G)I will ^[a]express my ^(H)riddle on the harp.

⁵Why should I ^(I)fear in days of adversity,
When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,
⁶Those who ^(J)trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
⁷No one can by any means ^(K)redeem another
Or give God a ^(L)ransom for him—
⁸For ^(M)the redemption of ^[b]his soul is priceless,
And he should cease imagining forever—
⁹That he might ^(N)live on eternally,
That he might not ^[c]^(O)undergo decay.

¹⁰For he sees that even ^(P)wise people die;
The ^(Q)foolish and the stupid alike perish
And ^(R)leave their wealth to others.
¹¹Their ^[d]^(S)inner thought is that their houses ^(T)are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have ^(U)named their lands after their own names.
¹²But ^(V)man in his splendor will not endure;
He is like the animals that ^[e]perish.

¹³This is the ^(W)way of those who are foolish,
And of those after them who ^(X)approve their words. Selah
¹⁴Like sheep they sink down ^(Y)to ^[f]Sheol;
Death will be their shepherd;
And the ^(Z)upright will rule over them in the morning,
And their form shall be for ^[g]Sheol ^(AA)to consume
^[h]So that they have no lofty home.
¹⁵But God will ^(AB)redeem my soul from the ^[i]power of ^[j]Sheol,
For ^(AC)He will receive me. Selah

¹⁶Do not be afraid ^(AD)when a person becomes rich,
When the splendor of his house is increased;
¹⁷For when he dies, he will ^(AE)take nothing with him;
His ^[k]wealth will not descend after him.
¹⁸Though while he lives he ^(AF)congratulates ^[l]himself—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹^[m]He will ^(AG)go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see ^(AH)the light.
²⁰^(AI)Mankind in its splendor, yet without understanding,
Is ^(AJ)like the animals that ^[n]perish.

God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of ^[o]Asaph.

50 ^(AK)The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken
And summoned the earth, ^(AL)from ^[p]the rising of the sun to its setting.
²Out of Zion, ^(AM)the perfection of beauty,
God ^(AN)has shone.
³May our God ^(AO)come and not keep silent;
^(AP)Fire devours before Him,
And a storm is violently ^(AQ)raging around Him.
⁴He ^(AR)summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
⁵“Gather My ^(AS)godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a ^(AT)covenant with Me by ^(AU)sacrifice.”
⁶And the ^(AV)heavens declare His righteousness,
For ^(AW)God Himself is judge. Selah

⁷“^(AX)Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify ^[q]against you;
I am God, ^(AY)your God.
⁸I do ^(AZ)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
⁹I will not take a ^(BA)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
¹⁰For ^(BB)every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹I know every ^(BC)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ^[r]Mine.
¹²If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the ^(BD)world is Mine, and ^[s]everything it contains.
¹³Shall I eat the flesh of ^[t]^(BE)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
¹⁴Offer God ^(BF)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And ^(BG)pay your vows to the Most High;
¹⁵^(BH)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will ^(BI)rescue you, and you will ^(BJ)honor Me.”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says,
“What right do you have to tell of My statutes
And to take ^(BK)My covenant in your mouth?
¹⁷For you yourself ^(BL)hate discipline,
And you ^(BM)throw My words behind you.
¹⁸When you see a thief, you ^(BN)become friends with him,
And ^[u]you ^(BO)associate with adulterers.
¹⁹You ^[v]^(BP)let your mouth loose in evil,
And your ^(BQ)tongue harnesses deceit.
²⁰You sit and ^(BR)speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
²¹These things you have done and ^(BS)I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will ^(BT)rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

²²“Now consider this, you who ^(BU)forget God,
Or I will ^(BV)tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
²³He who ^(BW)offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who ^(BX)sets his way properly
I will ^(BY)show the salvation of God.”

Footnotes

Psalm 49:4 Lit open up
Psalm 49:8 Lit their
Psalm 49:9 Or see corruption; lit see the pit
Psalm 49:11 Some ancient versions graves are their houses
Psalm 49:12 Lit are destroyed
Psalm 49:14 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 49:14 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 49:14 Lit Away from his habitation
Psalm 49:15 Lit hand
Psalm 49:15 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 49:17 Lit glory
Psalm 49:18 Lit his soul
Psalm 49:19 Lit You; or It
Psalm 49:20 Lit are destroyed
Psalm 50 Title 1 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 29:30
Psalm 50:1 I.e., the east to the west
Psalm 50:7 Or to
Psalm 50:11 Or in My mind; lit with Me
Psalm 50:12 Lit its fullness
Psalm 50:13 Lit strong ones
Psalm 50:18 Lit your part is with
Psalm 50:19 Lit send

Romans 1

New American Standard Bible

The Gospel Exalted

1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, ^[a]^(A)called as an apostle, ^(B)set apart for ^(C)the gospel of God, ²which He ^(D)promised beforehand through His ^(E)prophets in the holy Scriptures, ³concerning His Son, who was born ^(F)of a ^[b]descendant of David ^(G)according to the flesh, ⁴who was declared ^(H)the Son of God with power according to the ^[c]Spirit of holiness ^[d]by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, ⁵through whom we have received grace and ^(I)apostleship ^[e]to bring about the ^(J)obedience of faith among ^(K)all the Gentiles in behalf of His name, ⁶among whom you also are the ^(L)called of Jesus Christ;

⁷to all who are ^(M)beloved of God in Rome, called as ^[f]^(N)saints: ^(O)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸First, ^(P)I thank my God through Jesus Christ ^[g]for you all, because ^(Q)your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world. ⁹For ^(R)God, whom I ^(S)serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly ^(T)I make mention of you, ¹⁰always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by ^(U)the will of God, I will succeed in coming to you. ¹¹For ^(V)I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be ^[h]established; ¹²that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. ¹³^(W)I do not want you to be unaware, ^(X)brothers and sisters, that often I ^(Y)have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some ^(Z)fruit among you also just as among the rest of the Gentiles. ¹⁴^(AA)I am ^[i]under obligation both to Greeks and to the ^[j]^(AB)uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵So, for my part, I am eager to ^(AC)preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

¹⁶For I am not ^(AD)ashamed of the gospel, for ^(AE)it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the ^(AF)Jew first and also to ^(AG)the Greek. ¹⁷For in it ^(AH)the righteousness of God is revealed ^[k]from faith to faith; as it is written: “^[l]^(AI)But the righteous one will live by faith.”

Unbelief and Its Consequences

¹⁸For ^(AJ)the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who ^(AK)suppress the truth ^[m]in unrighteousness, ¹⁹because ^(AL)that which is known about God is evident ^[n]within them; for God made it evident to them. ²⁰For ^(AM)since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ^(AN)being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse. ²¹For even though they knew God, they did not ^[o]honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became ^(AO)futile in their reasonings, and their senseless hearts were darkened. ²²^(AP)Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³and they ^(AQ)exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible mankind, of birds, four-footed animals, and ^[p]crawling creatures.

²⁴Therefore ^(AR)God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be ^(AS)dishonored among them. ²⁵For they exchanged the truth of God for ^[q]^(AT)falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, ^(AU)who is blessed ^[r]forever. Amen.

²⁶For this reason ^(AV)God gave them over to ^(AW)degrading passions; for their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature, ²⁷and likewise the men, too, abandoned natural relations ^[s]with women and burned in their desire toward one another, ^(AX)males with males committing ^[t]shameful acts and receiving in ^[u]their own persons the due penalty of their error.

²⁸And just as they did not see fit ^[v]to acknowledge God, ^(AY)God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper, ²⁹people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are ^(AZ)gossips, ³⁰slanderers, ^[w]^(BA)haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, ^(BB)disobedient to parents, ³¹without understanding, untrustworthy, ^(BC)unfeeling, and unmerciful; ³²and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of ^(BD)death, they not only do the same, but also ^(BE)approve of those who practice them.