Psalms 48 — GMV
48
Verse 1
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah.
Verse 2
Hear these words, all ye nations,
Verse 3
Both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men;
Verse 4
My mouth shall speak of wisdom;
Verse 5
I will incline mine ear to a parable:
Verse 6
Wherefore should I fear in the evil day?
Verse 7
They that trust in their strength,
Verse 8
A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem?
Verse 9
Or the price of the redemption of his soul,
Verse 10
and live to the end,
Verse 11
When he shall see wise men dying,
Verse 12
And their sepulchers are their houses forever,
Verse 13
And man being in honor, understands not:
Verse 14
This their way is an offense to them:
Verse 15
They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them;
Verse 16
But God shall deliver my soul
Verse 17
Fear not when a man is enriched,
Verse 18
For he shall take nothing when he dies;
Verse 19
For his soul shall be blessed in his life:
Verse 20
Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers;
Verse 21
Man that is in honor, understands not: