Psalm 49 Darby Translation
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo para los hijos de Coré. OID esto, pueblos todos; escuchad, habitadores todos del mundo:
2 Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
2 Así los plebeyos como los nobles, el rico y el pobre juntamente.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
3 Mi boca hablará sabiduría; y el pensamiento de mi corazón inteligencia.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.
4 Acomodaré á ejemplos mi oído: declararé con el arpa mi enigma.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, [when] the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? —
5 ¿Por qué he de temer en los días de adversidad, cuando la iniquidad de mis insidiadores me cercare?
6 They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
6 Los que confían en sus haciendas, y en la muchedumbre de sus riquezas se jactan,
7 None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
7 Ninguno de [ellos] podrá en manera alguna redimir al hermano, ni dar á Dios su rescate.
8 (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)
8 (Porque la redención de su vida es de gran precio, y no se hará jamás;)
9 That he should still live perpetually, [and] not see corruption.
9 Que viva adelante para siempre, y nunca vea la sepultura.
10 For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
10 Pues se ve que mueren los sabios, así como el insensato y el necio perecen, y dejan á otros sus riquezas.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
11 En su interior [tienen] que sus casas [serán] eternas, y sus habitaciones para generación y generación: llamaron sus tierras de sus nombres.
12 Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
12 Mas el hombre no permanecerá en honra: es semejante á las bestias que perecen.
13 This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
13 Este su camino es su locura: con todo, corren sus descendientes por el dicho de ellos. (Selah.)
14 Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
14 Como rebaños serán puestos en la sepultura; la muerte se cebará en ellos; y los rectos se enseñorearán de ellos por la mañana: y se consumirá su bien parecer en el sepulcro de su morada.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.
15 Empero Dios redimirá mi vida del poder de la sepultura, cuando me tomará. (Selah.)
16 Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
16 No temas cuando se enriquece alguno, cuando aumenta la gloria de su casa;
17 For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
17 Porque en muriendo no llevará nada, ni descenderá tras él su gloria.
18 Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime, — and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, —
18 Si bien mientras viviere, dirá dichosa á su alma: y tú serás loado cuando bien te tratares.
19 It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
19 Entrará á la generación de sus padres: no verán luz para siempre.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
20 El hombre en honra que no entiende, semejante es á las bestias que perecen.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 78:1; Matthew 11:15; Psalm 33:8; Romans 3:29; Revelation 2:7
- 2 Psalm 62:9; James 2:1–7; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Job 34:19; Jeremiah 5:4–5
- 3 Psalm 19:14; Matthew 12:35; Proverbs 22:20–21; Proverbs 22:17; Job 33:33
- 4 Psalm 78:2; Matthew 13:35; Numbers 12:8; Numbers 23:7; 2 Corinthians 3:12
- 5 Philippians 1:28; Acts 27:24; Romans 8:33–34; Proverbs 24:10; Psalm 46:1–2
- 6 1 Timothy 6:17; Ezekiel 28:4–5; Jeremiah 9:23; Proverbs 11:28; Psalm 52:7
- 7 Matthew 16:26; Matthew 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 Peter 1:18; Matthew 25:9
- 8 Matthew 16:26; Job 36:18–19
- 9 Psalm 89:48; Psalm 16:10; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Proverbs 10:2; John 8:51–52
- 10 Psalm 39:6; Luke 12:20; Ecclesiastes 5:13–16; Hebrews 9:27; 1 Timothy 6:6–10
- 11 Genesis 4:17; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 64:6; 2 Samuel 18:18; Ezekiel 38:10
- 12 Ecclesiastes 3:18–21; Psalm 82:7; Psalm 39:5; Psalm 49:20; Ecclesiastes 9:12
- 13 Luke 12:20; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Luke 16:27–28; Jeremiah 44:17; Luke 11:47–48
- 14 Malachi 4:3; 1 Corinthians 6:2; Job 30:23; Job 24:19–20; Daniel 7:22
- 15 Psalm 73:24; Psalm 56:13; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 89:48; Hosea 13:14
- 16 Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:1; Revelation 21:24; Revelation 21:26; Esther 3:1–6
- 17 1 Timothy 6:7; Job 27:19; Ecclesiastes 5:15; 1 Corinthians 15:43; Luke 16:24
- 18 Luke 12:19; Deuteronomy 29:19; Psalm 10:3; Hosea 12:8; Acts 12:20–22
- 19 Job 33:30; Psalm 56:13; Genesis 15:15; Luke 12:20; Matthew 8:12
- 20 Ecclesiastes 3:18–19; Psalm 49:12; Job 4:21; Esther 7:10; Esther 5:11–14
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The title of this Psalm is, "A song of praise, to the sons of Korah, on the second day of the week." Concerning this what the Lord deigneth to grant receive ye like sons of the firmament.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… lost the true rationality, and living irrationally, opposed the righteousness of God, giving himself over to every earthly spirit, and serving all lusts; as says the prophet, "Man, being in honour, did not understand: he was assimilated to senseless beasts, and made like to them." Chapter V.--The author returns to his former argument, and shows that there was but one …
For this he doth by the discernment of his mind, whereby he perceiveth the things "of the Spirit of God;" whereas, otherwise, man being placed in honour, had no understanding, and is compared unto the brute beasts, and is become like unto them. In Thy Church, therefore, O our God, according to Thy grace which Thou hast accorded unto it, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
As the prophet too said, intimating the selfsame thing, "A brother redeemeth not, shall a man redeem?" No, not although it were Moses, Samuel, Jeremiah.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
It is of such the Psalmist says, "They call their lands after their own names." Wherefore they incur what is written in another psalm: "Thou, O Lord, in Thy city wilt despise their image." But as for the son of Seth, the son of the resurrection, let him hope to call on the name of the Lord God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)