Salmos 49

The Confidence of the Foolish

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 Hear this, all peoples;

Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

2 Both low and high,

Rich and poor together.

3 My mouth shall speak wisdom,

And the meditation of my heart shallgive understanding.

4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;

I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,

When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

6 Those who *Job 31:24; Ps. 52:7; (Prov. 11:28; Mark 10:23, 24)trust in their wealth

And boast in the multitude of their riches,

7 None ofthem can by any means redeem his brother,

Nor *Job 36:18, 19give to God a ransom for him—

8 For *(Matt. 16:26)the redemption of their souls is costly,

And it shall cease forever—

9 That he should continue to live eternally,

And*Ps. 89:48not see the Pit.

10 For he sees wise men die;

Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,

And leave their wealth to others.

11 Their inner thought isthat their houses willlast forever,

Their dwelling places to all generations;

They *Gen. 4:17; Deut. 3:14call their lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not remain;

He is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the way of those who are*(Luke 12:20)foolish,

And of their posterity who approve their sayings.

Selah

14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;

Death shall feed on them;

*Ps. 47:3; (Dan. 7:18; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 2:26)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;

*Job 4:21And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.

15 But God *(Hos. 13:4); Mark 16:6, 7; Acts 2:31, 32will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,

For He shall *Ps. 73:24receive me.

Selah

16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,

When the glory of his house is increased;

17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;

His glory shall not descend after him.

18 Though while he lives *Deut. 29:19; Luke 12:19he blesses himself

(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

They shall never see *Job 33:30light.

20 A man whois in honor, yet does not understand,

*Eccl. 3:19Is like the beasts that perish.