Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods.
To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Korah, to show that mere earthly advantages do not bring lasting good fortune.
PSALM XLIX _All men are invited to attend to lessons of wisdom relative to_ _the insufficiency of earthly good to save or prolong life; to_ _secure the resurrection frown the dead_, 1-9. _Death is...
HEAR THIS, ALL YE PEOPLE - That is, What I am about; to utter is worthy of universal attention; it pertains equally to all mankind. The psalmist; therefore calls on all the nations to attend to what h...
Psalms 49 Retrospects and Meditations _ 1. Hear this, all ye peoples! (Psalms 49:1)_ 2. His message of retrospect and encouragement (Psalms 49:5) If such is the outcome and the goal of the purpose...
XLIX. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20, and it probably stood originally after Psalms...
TITLE.. PSALM. The sixth of nine so ascribed. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. KORAH. See App-63. PEOPLE. peoples. WORLD. age. transitoriness. Hebrew. _heled_. the world as transitory, as in Psalms 17:...
_all ye people_ Rather, all ye peoples, as in Psalms 47:1. All peoples, all the inhabitants of the world, are summoned to listen, for the theme is one of universal interest; it concerns all humanity....
A solemn introduction, addressed to men of every nation and every class, emphasising the importance of the Psalmist's theme....
_An earnest persuasion to build the faith of the resurrection, not on worldy power, but on God. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired._ To the chief musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. _TITLE....
PSALMS 49 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Death and Redemption: Oppressed Saints Comforted and Oppressors Rebuked. ANALYSIS Startta I, Psalms 49:1-6, An Introduction, consisting of the Proem and the Problem. Sta...
_HEAR THIS, ALL YE PEOPLE; GIVE EAR, ALL YE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD:_ The enigma solved, why the ungodly prosper while the godly are persecuted. So Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73:1, Psalms 49:1.-All classes...
49:1 peoples; (a-16) _ Ammim_ . Psalms 7:8 . world. (b-23) Or 'age.' see Psalms 17:14 ....
PEOPLE] RV 'peoples,' explained by INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD. 4. Parable.. dark saying] We might render, 'proverb.. riddle': see Psalms 78:2; Proverbs 1:6....
There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his f...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
HEAR THIS. — For the opening address, comp. Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 1:2; Psalms 50:7; Isaiah 1:2. WORLD. — As in...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֹֽור׃ ...
Psalms 49:1 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present inequal...
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN RICHES Psalms 49:1 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to God's voi...
This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. There...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." Hear (a) this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world: (a) He will intreat how God governs the world by his providence wh...
For Asaph. The preposition L is placed before his name, as it is before David's. (Haydock) --- Yet whether he was the author of the psalm, (Calmet) or only set it to music, (Worthington) is uncertain....
CONTENTS This Psalm is much in the style of exhortation. It is full of persuasion to show the folly and deceitfulness of all worldly dependence. Towards the close, there is a sweet allusion to Jesus,...
The Psalmist demands to be heard in what he had to deliver, on account of its importance; but to conciliate affection, he proposes not to make his subject personal; but, according to the eastern metho...
1._Hear this, all ye people. _Whoever may have been the penman of this psalm, it discusses one of the most important principles in divine philosophy, and there is a propriety in the elevated terms des...
Psalms 49 is a moral conclusion for all, founded on these judgments of God. Wealth, elevation, all that is exalted in man, is nothing. Man expects to endure, gives his own name to his lands, blesses h...
HEAR THIS,.... Not the law, as some Jewish writers l interpret it, which was not desirable to be heard by those that did hear it; it being a voice of wrath and terror, a cursing law, and a ministratio...
Psalms 49:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. » Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world: Ver. 1. _Hear this, all ye people_] This that is of so gr...
_Hear this, all ye people_ Hebrew, _all people_, Jews or Gentiles: for this doctrine is not peculiar to those that are blessed with divine revelation; but even the light of nature bears witness to it,...
1-5 We seldom meet with a more solemn introduction: there is no truth of greater importance. Let all hear this with application to ourselves. The poor are in danger from undue desire toward the wealt...
PSALM 49 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is penned upon the same occasion with PSA 39 PSA 73, to wit, upon the contemplation of the afflictions of God's people and of the prosperity and glory of ungodly men T...
Psalms 49:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 sons H1121 Korah H7141 Hear H8085 (H8798) peoples H5971 ear...
AN APPEAL TO LISTEN TO HIS WORDS (PSALMS 49:1). The Psalmist commences by making an appeal to all men, both high and low, rich and poor, to listen to his wisdom. Note his recognition that he is speaki...
The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descripti...
CONTENTS: The despicable character of those who trust in their wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is no security in the possession and enjoyment of wealth, for money cannot buy the...
Psalms 49:1. _Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world._ The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:3. _M...
_Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together._ THE INEQUALITIES OF SOCIETY Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of Sen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:1. This is a wisdom psalm. In particular, it addresses the confusion that the faithful often feel when they encounter trouble even while unfaithful people seem to get alo...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah_.” See Introduction to Psalms 42. Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are unk...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1, and Psalms 73:1. It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, whom the wicked perse...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understandin...
Isaiah 49:6; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 11:15; Matthew 13:9; Matthew 28:19