Psalms 49:1-13

¹To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Heare this, all ye people: giue eare, all ye that dwell in the world,

²As well lowe as hie, both rich and poore.

³My mouth shall speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.

⁴I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

⁵Wherefore should I feare in the euil dayes, when iniquitie shall compasse me about, as at mine heeles?

⁶They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

⁷Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,

⁸(So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer)

⁹That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.

¹⁰For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leaue their riches for others.

¹¹Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.

¹²But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

¹³This their way vttereth their foolishnes: yet their posteritie delite in their talke. Selah.