Psalms 48 — parallel

48:1

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.

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48:2

Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:

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48:3

both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together.

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48:4

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding.

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48:5

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.

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48:6

Wherefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me.

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48:7

They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—

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48:8

A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

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48:9

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,

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48:10

and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption.

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48:11

When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

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48:12

And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names.

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48:13

And man being in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.

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48:14

This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

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48:15

They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.

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48:16

But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.

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48:17

Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased.

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48:18

For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him.

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48:19

For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him.

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48:20

[Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

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48:21

Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.

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