Psalm 49:11-20

English Standard Version

¹¹Their ^(A)graves are their homes forever,^[a]
    their dwelling places ^(B)to all generations,
    though they ^(C)called lands by their own names.
¹²Man in his pomp ^(D)will not remain;
    ^(E)he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³This is the path of those who have ^(F)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[b] Selah
¹⁴Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(G)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(H)Their form shall be consumed ^(I)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵But God will ^(J)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(K)receive me. Selah

¹⁶Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
¹⁷^(L)For when he dies he will ^(M)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(N)blessed
    —and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹his soul will ^(O)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(P)see light.
²⁰^(Q)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

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Footnotes

Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
Psalm 49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts