PSALMS 诗篇049

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PSALM¹ 49
1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world,
2both low and high, rich and poor alike:
3My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance² from my heart will give understanding.
4I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp³ I will expound⁴ my riddle⁵:
5Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me-
6those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
7No man can redeem⁶ the life of another or give to God a ransom⁷ for him-
8the ransom for a life is costly⁸, no payment is ever enough-
9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
10For all can see that wise men die; the foolish and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.
11Their tombs will remain their houses forever, their dwellings⁹ for endless generations, though they had named lands after themselves.
12But man, despite his riches, does not endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
13This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers¹⁰, who approve their sayings. Selah
14Like sheep they are destined¹¹ for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions¹².
15But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah
16Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor¹³ of his house increases;
17for he will take nothing with him when he dies, his splendor will not descend¹⁴ with him.
18Though while he lived he counted himself blessed- and men praise you when you prosper-
19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of life .
20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.