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PSALM 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 will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
4; I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
5; Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,
6; Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
7; No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him--
8; For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--
9; That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
10; For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
11; Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names.
12; But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish.
13; This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. *Selah.
14; As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation.
15; But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah.
16; Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;
17; For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.
18; Though while he lives he congratulates himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself--
19; He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.
20; Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
I was thinking of rich and wise men who have died.
Aristotle, Henry Rockefeller, Albert Einstein, Joe Kennedy Sr, Stephen Hawking etc...
All these people were considered very wise or else very rich. But what good did it do them? They are still dead. Just like the animals... they still die.
It doesn't matter how rich or wise you are... you still die. The old saying says... you can't take it with you.
As I was reading this, I could not help but think of some of richest and wisest men.. at least those who the world thinks are rich and wise.
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, George Soros, ... others.
People may think these people are wise and rich... but at the end of the day... those riches won't save them. Only Jesus can. These people are still going to die, and one day they'll stand before God.
1; Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2; Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
3; My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
4; I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
5; Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,
6; Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches?
7; No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him--
8; For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever--
9; That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay.
10; For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others.
11; Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names.
12; But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish.
13; This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. *Selah.
14; As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation.
15; But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah.
16; Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;
17; For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.
18; Though while he lives he congratulates himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself--
19; He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light.
20; Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish.
I was thinking of rich and wise men who have died.
Aristotle, Henry Rockefeller, Albert Einstein, Joe Kennedy Sr, Stephen Hawking etc...
All these people were considered very wise or else very rich. But what good did it do them? They are still dead. Just like the animals... they still die.
It doesn't matter how rich or wise you are... you still die. The old saying says... you can't take it with you.
As I was reading this, I could not help but think of some of richest and wisest men.. at least those who the world thinks are rich and wise.
Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, George Soros, ... others.
People may think these people are wise and rich... but at the end of the day... those riches won't save them. Only Jesus can. These people are still going to die, and one day they'll stand before God.
