Psalms 49

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:	1 [For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Hear this, all nations, listen, al who dwel on earth,
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.	2 people high and low, rich and poor alike!
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.	3 My lips have wisdom to utter, my heart good sense to whisper.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.	4 I listen careful y to a proverb, I set my riddle to the music of the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?	5 Why should I be afraid in times of trouble? Malice dogs me and hems me in.
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;	6 They trust in their wealth, and boast of the profusion of their riches.
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:	7 But no one can ever redeem himself or pay his own ransom to God,
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)	8 the price for himself is too high; it can never be
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.	9 that he wil live on for ever and avoid the sight of the abyss.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.	10 For he wil see the wise also die no less than the fool and the brute, and leave their wealth behind forothers.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.	11 For ever no home but their tombs, their dwel ing-place age after age, though they gave their name towhole territories.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.	12 In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.	13 So they go on in their self-assurance, right up to the end they are content with their lot.Pause
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.	14 They are penned in Sheol like sheep, Death wil lead them to pasture, and those who are honest wilrule over them. In the morning al trace of them wil be gone, Sheol wil be their home.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.	15 But my soul God wil ransom from the clutches of Sheol, and wil snatch me up.Pause
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;	16 Do not be overawed when someone gets rich, and lives in ever greater splendour;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.	17 when he dies he wil take nothing with him, his wealth wil not go down with him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.	18 Though he pampered himself while he lived -- and people praise you for looking after yourself-
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.	19 he will go to join the ranks of his ancestors, who wil never again see the light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.	20 In prosperity people lose their good sense, they become no better than dumb animals.