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| [1] Heare this all ye people: geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde |
[1]To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: |
| [2]As well lowe as high: riche and poore, one with another |
[2]Both low and high, rich and poor together. |
| [3]My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart [wyll bryng foorth] knowledge |
[3]My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. |
| [4]I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe |
[4]I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
| [5]Wherfore shoulde I feare in euyll dayes? the wickednesse of my heeles [then] would compasse me round about |
[5]Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall encompass me? |
| [6]There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches |
[6]They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
| [7]But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym |
[7]None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: |
| [8](49:8a) For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer |
[8](For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
| [9](49:8b) yea though he lyue long and see not the graue |
[9]That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. |
| [10](49:9) For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other |
[10]For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. |
| [11](49:10) And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: [therfore] they call landes after their owne names |
[11]Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. |
| [12](49:11) Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in [such] honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe |
[12]Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. |
| [13](49:12) This their way is their foolishnesse: yet their posteritie prayse their saying. Selah |
[13]This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. |
| [14](49:13) They shalbe put into a graue [dead] as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell [shall receaue them] from their house |
[14]Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. |
| [15](49:14) But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell: for he wyll receaue me. Selah |
[15]But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. |
| [16](49:15) Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche: or yf the glorie of his house be encreased |
[16]Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; |
| [17](49:16) For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym |
[17]For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. |
| [18](49:17) For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man: and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe, men wyll speake good of thee |
[18]Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. |
| [19](49:18) But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght |
[19]He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. |
| [20](49:19) A man is in an honourable state, but he wyll not vnderstande it: he is lyke [herein] vnto bruite beastes that perishe |
[20]Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. |