# Psalm 49 (New King James Version)
The Confidence of the Foolish

##### Chapter 49
###### 1 Hear this, all peoples;  
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,  

###### 2 Both low and high,  
Rich and poor together.  

###### 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom,  
And the meditation of my heart _shall give_ understanding.  

###### 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;  
I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

###### 5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,  
_When_ the 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 to God a ransom for him--  

###### 8 For the redemption of their souls _is_ costly,  
And it shall cease forever--  

###### 9 That he should continue to live eternally,  
_And_ not see the Pit.

###### 10 For he sees wise men die;  
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,  
And leave their wealth to others.  

###### 11 Their inner thought _is that_ their houses _will last_ forever,  
Their dwelling places to all generations;  
They call _their_ lands after their own names.  

###### 12 Nevertheless man, _though_ in honor, does not remain;  
He is like the beasts _that_ perish.

###### 13 This is the way of those who _are_ foolish,  
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. _Selah_  

###### 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;  
Death shall feed on them;  
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;  
And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.  

###### 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,  
For He shall receive me. _Selah_

###### 16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,  
When the glory of his house is increased;  

###### 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;  
His glory shall not descend after him.  

###### 18 Though while he lives he blesses himself  
(For _men_ will praise you when you do well for yourself),  

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

###### 20 A man _who is_ in honor, yet does not understand,  
Is like the beasts _that_ perish.