Psalms 49

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	VULGATA
1 For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites.	1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus deorum Dominus locutus est, et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum.
2 Hear this, all you peoples! Give ear, all who inhabit the world,	2 Ex Sion species decoris ejus :
3 You of lowly birth or high estate, rich and poor alike.	3 Deus manifeste veniet ; Deus noster, et non silebit. Ignis in conspectu ejus exardescet ; et in circuitu ejus tempestas valida.
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom, my heart shall offer insight.	4 Advocabit cælum desursum, et terram, discernere populum suum.
5 I will turn my attention to a problem, expound my question to the music of a lyre.	5 Congregate illi sanctos ejus, qui ordinant testamentum ejus super sacrificia.
6 Why should I fear in evil days, when my wicked pursuers ring me round,	6 Et annuntiabunt cæli justitiam ejus, quoniam Deus judex est.
7 Those who trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches?	7 Audi, populus meus, et loquar ; Israël, et testificabor tibi : Deus, Deus tuus ego sum.
8 One cannot redeem oneself, pay to God a ransom.	8 Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te ; holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.
9 Too high the price to redeem a life; one would never have enough	9 Non accipiam de domo tua vitulos, neque de gregibus tuis hircos :
10 To stay alive forever and never see the pit.	10 quoniam meæ sunt omnes feræ silvarum, jumenta in montibus, et boves.
11 Anyone can see that the wisest die, the fool and the senseless pass away too, and must leave their wealth to others.	11 Cognovi omnia volatilia cæli, et pulchritudo agri mecum est.
12 Tombs are their homes forever, their dwellings through all generations, though they gave their names to their lands.	12 Si esuriero, non dicam tibi : meus est enim orbis terræ et plenitudo ejus.
13 For all their riches mortals do not abide; they perish like the beasts.	13 Numquid manducabo carnes taurorum ? aut sanguinem hircorum potabo ?
14 This is the destiny of those who trust in folly, the end of those so pleased with their wealth. Selah	14 Immola Deo sacrificium laudis, et redde Altissimo vota tua.
15 Like sheep they are herded into Sheol, where death will be their shepherd. Straight to the grave they descend, where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace.	15 Et invoca me in die tribulationis : eruam te, et honorificabis me.
16 But God will redeem my life, will take me from the power of Sheol. Selah	16 Peccatori autem dixit Deus : Quare tu enarras justitias meas ? et assumis testamentum meum per os tuum ?
17 Do not fear when others become rich, when the wealth of their houses grows great.	17 Tu vero odisti disciplinam, et projecisti sermones meos retrorsum.
18 When they die they will take nothing with them, their wealth will not follow them down.	18 Si videbas furem, currebas cum eo ; et cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas.
19 When living, they congratulate themselves and say: "All praise you, you do so well."	19 Os tuum abundavit malitia, et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.
20 But they will join the company of their forebears, never again to see the light.	20 Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris, et adversus filium matris tuæ ponebas scandalum.
21 For all their riches, if mortals do not have wisdom, they perish like the beasts.	21 Hæc fecisti, et tacui. Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis : arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam.
	22 Intelligite hæc, qui obliviscimini Deum, nequando rapiat, et non sit qui eripiat.
	23 Sacrificium laudis honorificabit me, et illic iter quo ostendam illi salutare Dei.