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,
Both (C)low and high,
Rich and poor together.

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Psalm 49[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

Hear(A) this, all you peoples;(B)
    listen, all who live in this world,(C)
both low and high,(D)
    rich and poor alike:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:1 In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.

49 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

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and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you (A)kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold I am going to bring a (B)disaster upon this place, at which the (C)ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle. Since they have (D)abandoned Me and have (E)made this place foreign, and have burned [a]sacrifices in it to (F)other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the (G)blood of the innocent

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense

and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings(A) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster(B) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.(C) For they have forsaken(D) me and made this a place of foreign gods(E); they have burned incense(F) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(G)

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And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

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