Through My Bible Yr 1 – August 20

Through My Bible – August 20

Bible reading based on Psalm 49 (NIV84)

See series: Through My Bible

Psalm 49

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

¹ Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who live in this world,

² both low and high,
rich and poor alike:

³ My mouth will speak words of wisdom;
the utterance from my heart will give understanding.

⁴ I will turn my ear to a proverb;
with the harp I will expound my riddle:

⁵ Why should I fear when evil days come,
when wicked deceivers surround me-

⁶ those who trust in their wealth
and boast of their great riches?

⁷ No man can redeem the life of another
or give to God a ransom for him-

⁸ the ransom for a life is costly,
no payment is ever enough-

⁹ that he should live on forever
and not see decay.

¹⁰ For all can see that wise men die;
the foolish and the senseless alike perish
and leave their wealth to others.

¹¹ Their tombs will remain their houses ^[a] forever,
their dwellings for endless generations,
though they had ^[b]named lands after themselves.

¹² But man, despite his riches, does not endure;
he is ^[c]like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
and of their followers, who approve their sayings.
Selah

¹⁴ Like sheep they are destined for the grave, ^[d]
and death will feed on them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning;
their forms will decay in the grave, ^[e]
far from their princely mansions.

¹⁵ But God will redeem my life ^[f] from the grave;
he will surely take me to himself.
Selah

¹⁶ Do not be overawed when a man grows rich,
when the splendor of his house increases;

¹⁷ for he will take nothing with him when he dies,
his splendor will not descend with him.

¹⁸ Though while he lived he counted himself blessed—
and men praise you when you prosper-

¹⁹ he will join the generation of his fathers,
who will never see the light of life .

²⁰ A man who has riches without understanding
is like the beasts that perish