To the choirmaster. A Psalm of #Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah.

1 *Ps. 78:1;Isa. 1:2;Mic. 1:2Hear this, all peoples!

Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

2 *Ps. 62:9both low and high,

rich and poor together!

3 My mouth shall speak *Prov. 1:20;9:1wisdom;

the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

4 I will incline my ear to *[Ps. 78:2;Matt. 13:35] a proverb;

I will solve my *Num. 12:8;Prov. 1:6riddle to the music of the lyre.

5 *[Ps. 37:1] Why should I fear in *Ps. 94:13times of trouble,

when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

6 those who *Ps. 52:7;Prov. 11:28;Mark 10:24,25;[Job 31:24]trust in their wealth

and boast of the abundance of their riches?

7 Truly no man *[Matt. 25:9] can ransom another,

or *[Matt. 16:26] give to God *See Job 33:24the price of his life,

8 for *Job 36:18,19the ransom of their life is costly

and can never suffice,

9 that he should live on forever

and *Ps. 16:10;[Ps. 89:48]never see the pit.

10 For he sees *Eccles. 2:16that even the wise die;

*Ps. 73:22;92:6;94:8;Prov. 30:2the fool and the stupid alike must perish

and *See Ps. 39:6leave their wealth to others.

11 Their *Ps. 5:9;64:6graves are their homes forever,*49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever

their dwelling places *Ps. 10:6to all generations,

though they *[Gen. 4:17]called lands by their own names.

12 Man in his pomp *ver. 20;[Ps. 39:5;82:7] will not remain;

*ver. 20;Eccles. 3:19he is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the path of those who have *[Luke 12:20]foolish confidence;

yet after them people approve of their boasts.*49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boastsSelah

14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;

death shall be their shepherd,

and the upright *[Dan. 7:22;Mal. 4:3;Luke 22:30;1 Cor. 6:2;Rev. 2:26;20:4] shall rule over them in the morning.

*Ps. 39:11Their form shall be consumed *Job 24:19,20in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

15 But God will *Hos. 13:14;[Dan. 12:2] ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,

for he will *Ps. 16:11;17:15;73:24;[Gen. 5:24]receive me. Selah

16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,

when the glory of his house increases.

17 *[Job 27:19] For when he dies he will *1 Tim. 6:7carry nothing away;

his glory will not go down after him.

18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself *Ps. 10:3;36:2;Deut. 29:19;Luke 12:19blessed—

and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—

19 his soul will *Gen. 15:15go to the generation of his fathers,

who will never again *Ps. 56:13;Job 33:30see light.

20 *ver. 12Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.