Verse 5
Psalms 49:5
English Revised Version
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַטֶּ֣ה לְ/מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑/י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝/כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתִֽ/י
English Translation
You, to/for a proverb, my ear; I will open with a lyre my riddle.
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Chapter 49 Context
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For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye in...
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Both low and high, rich and poor together.
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My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
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I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
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They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God (Elohim) a ransom for him:
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(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be let alone for ever:)
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That he should still live alway, that he should not see corruption.
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For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to...
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Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all...
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But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.
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This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
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They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have d...
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But God (Elohim) will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he shall receive me. Selah
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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
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Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
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Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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