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Psalms 49

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1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11Their 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.

12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

14Like 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.

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אָדָםʼâdâmH1203× in this chapter

    ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

  • דּוֹרdôwrH17553× in this chapter

    properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

  • כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× in this chapter

    properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

  • פָּדָהpâdâhH62993× in this chapter

    to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • שְׁאוֹלshᵉʼôwlH75853× in this chapter

    Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

  • בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • גַּםgamH15712× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • דָּמָהdâmâhH18202× in this chapter

    to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy

  • חַיִלchayilH24282× in this chapter

    probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

  • אַחַרʼacharH3102× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • יַחַדyachadH31622× in this chapter

    properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

  • יְקָרyᵉqârH33662× in this chapter

    value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity

  • יָרֵאyârêʼH33722× in this chapter

    to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

  • כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35192× in this chapter

    properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

  • לָקַחlâqachH39472× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • מָוֶתmâvethH41942× in this chapter

    death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4302× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • מָשַׁלmâshalH49112× in this chapter

    to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

  • נֶצַחnetsachH53312× in this chapter

    properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)

  • סֶלָהçelâhH55422× in this chapter

    suspension (of music), i.e. pause

  • עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter

    properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

  • עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • פֶּהpehH63102× in this chapter

    the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

  • בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhH9292× in this chapter

    properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

  • אָבʼâbH11× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter

    properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest

  • בָּלָהbâlâhH10861× in this chapter

    to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)

  • בַּעַרbaʻarH11981× in this chapter

    properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid

  • בֹּקֶרbôqerH12421× in this chapter

    properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

  • אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1271× in this chapter

    soil (from its general redness)

  • בָרַךְbârakH12881× in this chapter

    to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

  • דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter

    a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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