Psalms 49
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1Hear this, all <add>ye</add> people; give ear, all <add>ye</add> inhabitants of the world:2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart <add>shall be</add> of understanding.
4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, <add>when</add> the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7None <add>of them</add> can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8(For the redemption of their soul <add>is</add> precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9That he should still live for ever, <add>and</add> not see corruption.
10For he seeth <add>that</add> wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11Their inward thought <add>is, that</add> their houses <add>shall continue</add> for ever, <add>and</add> their dwelling places to all generations; they call <add>their</add> lands after their own names.
12Nevertheless man <add>being</add> in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts <add>that</add> perish.
13This their way <add>is</add> their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and <add>men</add> will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20Man <add>that is</add> in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts <add>that</add> perish.