Psalm 49

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.

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 110

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(A)The Lord says to my Lord:
“^(B)Sit at My right hand
Until I make ^(C)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
²The Lord will stretch out Your strong ^(D)scepter from Zion, saying,
“^(E)Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
³Your ^(F)people ^[a]will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^[b]power;
^(G)In ^[c]holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
^[d]Your youth are to You as the ^(H)dew.

⁴^(I)The Lord has sworn and will ^(J)not ^[e]change His mind,
“You are a ^(K)priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
⁵The Lord is ^(L)at Your right hand;
He ^[f]will ^(M)shatter kings in the ^(N)day of His wrath.
⁶He will ^(O)judge among the nations,
He ^[g]will fill them with ^(P)corpses,
He ^[h]will ^(Q)shatter the ^[i]chief men over a broad country.
⁷He will ^(R)drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will ^(S)lift up His head.