Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 49:12
Man — Living in all splendor and glory. Abideth not — All his dreams of perpetuating his name and estate, shall be confuted by experience.
Man — Living in all splendor and glory. Abideth not — All his dreams of perpetuating his name and estate, shall be confuted by experience.
Verse Psalms 49:12. _MAN_ BEING _IN HONOUR ABIDETH NOT_] However rich, wise, or honourable, they must die; and if they die not with a sure hope of eternal life, they die like beasts. See on Psalms 49:...
NEVERTHELESS, MAN BEING IN HONOR ABIDETH NOT - No matter to what rank he may rise, no matter how much wealth he may accumulate, no matter how fixed and secure he may seem to make his possessions, he c...
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...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam_. App-14. This corresponds with Psalms 49:20. See the Structure, above....
The limits to the power and the possession of wealth....
If we retain the reading of the Massoretic Text in Psalms 49:11, we may render with R.V., But man abideth not in honour. If the reading _graves_is adopted, Psalms 49:12 sums up the picture: So man i...
NEVERTHELESS, &C.— _Yet man, while he is in honour, understandeth_ or _regardeth not; as the beasts are cut off, so is he,_ Psalms 49:13. _This their way is their folly; yet their posterity will run t...
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...
_FOR HE SEETH THAT WISE MEN DIE, LIKEWISE THE FOOL AND THE BRUTISH PERSON PERISH, AND LEAVE THEIR WEALTH TO OTHERS._ -The universality of death might show the ungodly rich man that God may call him a...
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...
_Being_ IN HONOUR ABIDETH NOT] RV 'abideth not in honour.'...
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...
ABIDETH NOT. — This verse gives the kernel and the thought of, as it also serves as a refrain to, the poem, thus vindicating the claim of a lyric tone for this didactic psalm. The reading of the LXX....
_[Psalms 49:13]_ וְ אָדָ֣ם בִּ֭ יקָר בַּל...
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...
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the (h) beasts [that] perish. (h) Concerning the death of the body....
This is a sad, but too true picture of unawakened, careless Christless sinners. How poor, and even like senseless animals for slaughter, is their life. How fearful their end!...
12_And man shall not abide in honor _Having exposed the vain and delusory nature of the fancies entertained by the ungodly, he next shows that however fondly they may cherish them, they must experienc...
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...
NEVERTHELESS MAN [BEING] IN HONOUR ABIDETH NOT,.... Or Adam: and some understand this of the first man Adam, who was created and crowned with glory and honour; but it did not abide with him, nor he in...
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish. Ver. 12. _Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not_] Howsoever he think to eternalize himself, and be grown ne...
_Nevertheless_ Notwithstanding all these fine fancies; _man being in honour_ Living in all the splendour and glory above mentioned; _abideth not_ Hebrew, בל ילין, _bal jalin, shall not lodge for a nig...
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,...
Nevertheless man being in honor, occupying the highest positions of honor and glory in this world, ABIDETH NOT, passing away like a lodger who does not even await the full light of morning to continue...
6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it...
Notwithstanding all these fine fancies and devices MAN BEING IN HONOUR, living in all the splendour and glory above mentioned, ABIDETH NOT. The Hebrew word properly signifies _to lodge for a night_, a...
Psalms 49:12 man H120 honor H3366 remain H3885 (H8799) like H4911 (H8738) beasts H929 perish H1820 ...
MAN'S VAIN ATTEMPT TO PERPETUATE HIMSELF WILL BE IN VAIN WHATEVER HE DOES (PSALMS 49:11). Men do in their own ineffective way seek to perpetuate themselves. They think that they will live for ever in...
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...
_Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish._ THE WORLDLING’S DOWNFALL I. A carnal man may possibly thrive and prosper, and grow great here on earth (Psalms 73:3;...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:5 After presenting the puzzle (vv. Psalms 49:5), the song reminds all its singers that every single person has the same end, death (vv....
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...
1 Peter 1:24; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 9:12; James 1:10;...