Psalms 49 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Psalm 49The Folly of Trust in RichesTo the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.

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there is no price one can give to God for it.

8 are their homes forever,

their dwelling places to all generations,

though they named lands their own.

12 who are pleased with their lot. Selah

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and their form shall waste away;

Sheol shall be their home.

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16 will go to the company of their ancestors,

who will never again see the light.

20 v 12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;

they are like the animals that perish.