Psalms 49 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 50

¹A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

KJVA Psalm^H4210 of Asaph^H623. The mighty^H410 God^H430, even the LORD^H3068, hath spoken^H1696^(H8765), and called^H7121^(H8799) the earth^H776 from the rising^H4217 of the sun^H8121 unto the going down^H3996 thereof.

² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

KJVOut of Zion^H6726, the perfection^H4359 of beauty^H3308, God^H430 hath shined^H3313^(H8689).

³ Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

KJVOur God^H430 shall come^H935^(H8799), and shall not keep silence^H2790^(H8799): a fire^H784 shall devour^H398^(H8799) before^H6440 him, and it shall be very^H3966 tempestuous^H8175^(H8738) round about^H5439 him.

⁴ He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

KJVHe shall call^H7121^(H8799) to the heavens^H8064 from above^H5920, and to the earth^H776, that he may judge^H1777^(H8800) his people^H5971.

⁵ “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

KJVGather^H622^(H8798) my saints^H2623 together unto me; those that have made^H3772^(H8802) a covenant^H1285 with me by sacrifice^H2077.

⁶ The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

KJVAnd the heavens^H8064 shall declare^H5046^(H8686) his righteousness^H6664: for God^H430 is judge^H8199^(H8802) himself. Selah^H5542.

⁷ “Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), O my people^H5971, and I will speak^H1696^(H8762); O Israel^H3478, and I will testify^H5749^(H8686) against thee: I am God^H430, even thy God^H430.

⁸ I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

KJVI will not reprove^H3198^(H8686) thee for thy sacrifices^H2077 or thy burnt offerings^H5930, to have been continually^H8548 before me.

⁹ I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

KJVI will take^H3947^(H8799) no bullock^H6499 out of thy house^H1004, nor he goats^H6260 out of thy folds^H4356.

¹⁰ For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

KJVFor every beast^H2416 of the forest^H3293 is mine, and the cattle^H929 upon a thousand^H505 hills^H2042.

¹¹ I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

KJVI know^H3045^(H8804) all the fowls^H5775 of the mountains^H2022: and the wild beasts^H2123 of the field^H7704 are mine^H5978.

¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

KJVIf I were hungry^H7456^(H8799), I would not tell^H559^(H8799) thee: for the world^H8398 is mine, and the fulness^H4393 thereof.

¹³ Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

KJVWill I eat^H398^(H8799) the flesh^H1320 of bulls^H47, or drink^H8354^(H8799) the blood^H1818 of goats^H6260?

¹⁴ Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

KJVOffer^H2076^(H8798) unto God^H430 thanksgiving^H8426; and pay^H7999^(H8761) thy vows^H5088 unto the most High^H5945:

¹⁵ Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

KJVAnd call^H7121^(H8798) upon me in the day^H3117 of trouble^H6869: I will deliver^H2502^(H8762) thee, and thou shalt glorify^H3513^(H8762) me.

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,

KJVBut unto the wicked^H7563 God^H430 saith^H559^(H8804), What hast thou to do to declare^H5608^(H8763) my statutes^H2706, or that thou shouldest take^H5375^(H8799) my covenant^H1285 in thy mouth^H6310?

¹⁷ since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

KJVSeeing thou hatest^H8130^(H8804) instruction^H4148, and castest^H7993^(H8686) my words^H1697 behind^H310 thee.

¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

KJVWhen thou sawest^H7200^(H8804) a thief^H1590, then thou consentedst^H7521^(H8799) with him, and hast been partaker^H2506 with adulterers^H5003^(H8764).

¹⁹ “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

KJVThou givest^H7971^(H8804) thy mouth^H6310 to evil^H7451, and thy tongue^H3956 frameth^H6775^(H8686) deceit^H4820.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

KJVThou sittest^H3427^(H8799) and speakest^H1696^(H8762) against thy brother^H251; thou^H5414^(H8799) slanderest^H1848 thine own mother's^H517 son^H1121.

²¹ You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

KJVThese things hast thou done^H6213^(H8804), and I kept silence^H2790^(H8689); thou thoughtest^H1819^(H8765) that I was altogether^H1961^(H8800) such an one as thyself: but I will reprove^H3198^(H8686) thee, and set them in order^H6186^(H8799) before thine eyes^H5869.

²² “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

KJVNow consider^H995^(H8798) this, ye that forget^H7911^(H8802) God^H433, lest I tear you in pieces^H2963^(H8799), and there be none to deliver^H5337^(H8688).

²³ Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

KJVWhoso offereth^H2076^(H8802) praise^H8426 glorifieth^H3513^(H8762) me: and to him that ordereth^H7760^(H8804) his conversation^H1870 aright will I shew^H7200^(H8686) the salvation^H3468 of God^H430.

WEB·Psalms 49

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764), A Psalm^H4210 for the sons^H1121 of Korah^H7141. Hear^H8085^(H8798) this, all ye people^H5971; give ear^H238^(H8685), all ye inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the world^H2465:

² both low and high, rich and poor together.

KJVBoth low^H1121^H120 and high^H1121^H376, rich^H6223 and poor^H34, together^H3162.

³ My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.

KJVMy mouth^H6310 shall speak^H1696^(H8762) of wisdom^H2454; and the meditation^H1900 of my heart^H3820 shall be of understanding^H8394.

⁴ I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

KJVI will incline^H5186^(H8686) mine ear^H241 to a parable^H4912: I will open^H6605^(H8799) my dark saying^H2420 upon the harp^H3658.

⁵ Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

KJVWherefore should I fear^H3372^(H8799) in the days^H3117 of evil^H7451, when the iniquity^H5771 of my heels^H6120 shall compass^H5437^(H8799) me about?

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches—

KJVThey that trust^H982^(H8802) in their wealth^H2428, and boast^H1984^(H8691) themselves in the multitude^H7230 of their riches^H6239;

⁷ none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

KJVNone of them can^H376 by any means^H6299^(H8800) redeem^H6299^(H8799) his brother^H251, nor give^H5414^(H8799) to God^H430 a ransom^H3724 for him:

⁸ For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

KJV(For the redemption^H6306 of their soul^H5315 is precious^H3365^(H8799), and it ceaseth^H2308^(H8804) for ever^H5769:)

⁹ that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

KJVThat he should still live^H2421^(H8799) for ever^H5331, and not see^H7200^(H8799) corruption^H7845.

¹⁰ For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

KJVFor he seeth^H7200^(H8799) that wise men^H2450 die^H4191^(H8799), likewise^H3162 the fool^H3684 and the brutish person^H1198 perish^H6^(H8799), and leave^H5800^(H8804) their wealth^H2428 to others^H312.

¹¹ Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

KJVTheir inward^H7130 thought is, that their houses^H1004 shall continue for ever^H5769, and their dwelling^H4908 places to all^H1755 generations^H1755; they call^H7121^(H8804) their lands^H127 after their own names^H8034.

¹² But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.

KJVNevertheless man^H120 being in honour^H3366 abideth^H3885^(H8799) not: he is like^H4911^(H8738) the beasts^H929 that perish^H1820^(H8738).

¹³ This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.

KJVThis their way^H1870 is their folly^H3689: yet their posterity^H310 approve^H7521^(H8799) their sayings^H6310. Selah^H5542.

¹⁴ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.

KJVLike sheep^H6629 they are laid^H8371^(H8804) in the grave^H7585; death^H4194 shall feed^H7462^(H8799) on them; and the upright^H3477 shall have dominion^H7287^(H8799) over them in the morning^H1242; and their beauty^H6697^(H8675)^H6736 shall consume^H1086^(H8763) in the grave^H7585 from their dwelling^H2073.

¹⁵ But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.

KJVBut God^H430 will redeem^H6299^(H8799) my soul^H5315 from the power^H3027 of the grave^H7585: for he shall receive^H3947^(H8799) me. Selah^H5542.

¹⁶ Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

KJVBe not thou afraid^H3372^(H8799) when one^H376 is made rich^H6238^(H8686), when the glory^H3519 of his house^H1004 is increased^H7235^(H8799);

¹⁷ for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.

KJVFor when he dieth^H4194 he shall carry nothing away^H3947^(H8799): his glory^H3519 shall not descend^H3381^(H8799) after^H310 him.

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

KJVThough while he lived^H2416 he blessed^H1288^(H8762) his soul^H5315: and men will praise^H3034^(H8686) thee, when thou doest well^H3190^(H8686) to thyself.

¹⁹ he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

KJVHe shall go^H935^(H8799) to the generation^H1755 of his fathers^H1; they shall never^H3808^H5331 see^H7200^(H8799) light^H216.

²⁰ A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

KJVMan^H120 that is in honour^H3366, and understandeth^H995^(H8799) not, is like^H4911^(H8738) the beasts^H929 that perish^H1820^(H8738).

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