Verse 11
Psalms 49:11
Literal Standard Version
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Their heart is that their houses are for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to generation. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י יִרְאֶ֨ה חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים יָמ֗וּתוּ יַ֤חַד כְּסִ֣יל וָ/בַ֣עַר יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְ/עָזְב֖וּ לַ/אֲחֵרִ֣ים חֵילָֽ/ם
English Translation
For the wise will see and die together; the fool and the brutish will perish, and they will leave their wealth to others.
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Chapter 49 Context
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TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Hear this, all you peoples, || Give ear, all you inha...
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Both low and high, together rich and needy.
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My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.
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I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:
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Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me.
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Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish.
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A brother ransoms no one at all, || He does not give to God (Elohim) his atonement.
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And precious is the redemption of their soul, || And it has ceased for all time.
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And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit.
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For he sees wise men die, || Together the foolish and brutish perish, || And have left their wealth...
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Their heart is that their houses are for all time, || Their dwelling places from generation to gener...
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And man does not remain in honor, || He has been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
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This their way is folly for them, || And their posterity are pleased with their sayings. Selah.
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They have set themselves as sheep for Sheol, || Death afflicts them, || And the upright rule over th...
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Only, God (Elohim) ransoms my soul from the hand of Sheol, || For He receives me. Selah.
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Do not fear when one makes wealth, || When the glory of his house is abundant,
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For at his death he receives nothing, || His glory does not go down after him.
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For he blesses his soul in his life || (And they praise you when you do well for yourself).
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It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever.
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Man in honor, who does not understand, || Has been like the beasts, they have been cut off!
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