1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together. 3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp. 5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me? 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches— 7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him. 8 For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough, 9 that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption. 10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves. 12 But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish. 13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah. 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah. 16 Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself— 19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. 20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
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Referencias cruzadas (20)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Salmo 78:1; Mateo 11:15; Salmo 33:8; Romanos 3:29; Apocalipsis 2:7
- 2 Salmo 62:9; Santiago 2:1–7; 1 Samuel 2:7–8; Job 34:19; Jeremías 5:4–5
- 3 Salmo 19:14; Mateo 12:35; Proverbios 22:20–21; Proverbios 22:17; Job 33:33
- 4 Salmo 78:2; Mateo 13:35; Números 12:8; Números 23:7; 2 Corintios 3:12
- 5 Filipenses 1:28; Hechos 27:24; Romanos 8:33–34; Proverbios 24:10; Salmo 46:1–2
- 6 1 Timoteo 6:17; Ezequiel 28:4–5; Jeremías 9:23; Proverbios 11:28; Salmo 52:7
- 7 Mateo 16:26; Mateo 20:28; 1 Timoteo 2:6; 1 Pedro 1:18; Mateo 25:9
- 8 Mateo 16:26; Job 36:18–19
- 9 Salmo 89:48; Salmo 16:10; Eclesiastés 8:8; Proverbios 10:2; Juan 8:51–52
- 10 Salmo 39:6; Lucas 12:20; Eclesiastés 5:13–16; Hebreos 9:27; 1 Timoteo 6:6–10
- 11 Génesis 4:17; Salmo 5:9; Salmo 64:6; 2 Samuel 18:18; Ezequiel 38:10
- 12 Eclesiastés 3:18–21; Salmo 82:7; Salmo 39:5; Salmo 49:20; Eclesiastés 9:12
- 13 Lucas 12:20; 1 Corintios 3:19; Lucas 16:27–28; Jeremías 44:17; Lucas 11:47–48
- 14 Malaquías 4:3; 1 Corintios 6:2; Job 30:23; Job 24:19–20; Daniel 7:22
- 15 Salmo 73:24; Salmo 56:13; Salmo 86:13; Salmo 89:48; Oseas 13:14
- 16 Salmo 37:7; Salmo 37:1; Apocalipsis 21:24; Apocalipsis 21:26; Ester 3:1–6
- 17 1 Timoteo 6:7; Job 27:19; Eclesiastés 5:15; 1 Corintios 15:43; Lucas 16:24
- 18 Lucas 12:19; Deuteronomio 29:19; Salmo 10:3; Oseas 12:8; Hechos 12:20–22
- 19 Job 33:30; Salmo 56:13; Génesis 15:15; Lucas 12:20; Mateo 8:12
- 20 Eclesiastés 3:18–19; Salmo 49:12; Job 4:21; Ester 7:10; Ester 5:11–14
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · 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, …
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)