Psalm 49
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 49
Misplaced Trust in Wealth
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,(A)
2 both low and high,
rich and poor together.(B)
3 My mouth speaks wisdom;
my heart’s meditation brings understanding.(C)
4 I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.(D)
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble?
The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.(E)
6 They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.(F)
7 Yet these cannot redeem a person[a]
or pay his ransom to God(G)—
8 since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying[b](H)—
9 so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.(I)
10 For one can see that the wise die;
the foolish and stupid also pass away.(J)
Then they leave their wealth to others.(K)
11 Their graves are their permanent homes,[c]
their dwellings from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.(L)
12 But despite his assets,[d] mankind will not last;
he is like the animals that perish.(M)
13 This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.[e](N)Selah
14 Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,(O)
and their form will waste away in Sheol,[f]
far from their lofty abode.(P)
15 But God will redeem me
from the power of Sheol,
for he will take me.(Q)Selah
16 Do not be afraid when a person gets rich,
when the wealth[g] of his house increases.(R)
17 For when he dies, he will take nothing at all;
his wealth will not follow him down.(S)
18 Though he blesses himself during his lifetime—
and you are acclaimed when you do well for yourself(T)—
19 he will go to the generation of his ancestors;
they will never see the light.(U)
20 Mankind, with his assets
but without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.(V)
Footnotes
- 49:7 Or Certainly he cannot redeem himself, or Yet he cannot redeem a brother
- 49:8 Or costly, it will cease forever
- 49:11 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Their inner thought is that their houses are eternal
- 49:12 Or honor
- 49:13 Lit and after them with their mouth they were pleased
- 49:14 Hb obscure
- 49:16 Or glory, also in v. 17
John 9:35-10:42
Christian Standard Bible
Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, and when he found him, he asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[a](A)
36 “Who is he, Sir,(B) that I may believe in him?” he asked.
37 Jesus answered, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38 “I believe, Lord!” he said, and he worshiped him.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world(C) for judgment,(D) in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”(E)
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”
41 “If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin.(F) But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
The Good Shepherd
10 “Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.(G) 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd(H) of the sheep.(I) 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.” 6 Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand(J) what he was telling them.
7 Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am(K) the gate for the sheep.(L) 8 All who came before me[b] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal(M) and kill and destroy.(N) I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
11 “I am the good shepherd.(O) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(P) 12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them[c] and runs away when he sees a wolf(Q) coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father.(R) I lay down my life(S) for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep(T) that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.(U) 17 This is why the Father loves me,(V) because I lay down my life(W) so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”(X)
19 Again the Jews were divided(Y) because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon(Z) and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone who is demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” (AA)
Jesus at the Festival of Dedication
22 Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade.(AB) 24 The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?[d] If you are the Messiah,(AC) tell us plainly.”[e](AD)
25 “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works(AE) that I do in my Father’s name testify about me. 26 But you don’t believe because you are not of my sheep.[f](AF) 27 My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life,(AG) and they will never perish.(AH) No one will snatch(AI) them out of my hand. 29 My Father,(AJ) who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(AK)
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone him.(AL)
32 Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works(AM) from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?”
33 “We aren’t stoning(AN) you for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because you—being a man—make yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law,[g] I said, you are gods?[h](AO) 35 If he called those to whom the word(AP) of God came ‘gods’—and the Scripture(AQ) cannot be broken— 36 do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?(AR) 37 If I am not doing my Father’s works,(AS) don’t believe me. 38 But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand[i] that the Father is in me and I in the Father.”(AT) 39 Then they were trying again to seize him,(AU) but he escaped their grasp.(AV)
Many beyond the Jordan Believe in Jesus
40 So he departed again across the Jordan(AW) to the place where John(AX) had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there. 41 Many came to him(AY) and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
Footnotes
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