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