Psalms 49

The folly of trusting in riches.

Both low and high,

My mouth shall speak wisdom;

I will incline mine ear to a parable:

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,

They that trust in their wealth,

None of them can by any means redeem his brother,

(For the redemption of their life is costly,

That he should still live alway,

For he shall see it. Wise men die;

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,

But man being in honor abideth not:

This their way is their folly:

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;

Though while he lived he blessed his soul

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,