{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/49","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T05:24:33.601Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":49,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":48,"nextChapter":50,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches, "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom, "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever, "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"and shall still live unto the end. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 49 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 49](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/49)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/49 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}