Psalms 49:12

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 gravesis adopted, Psalms 49:12 sums up the picture:

So man in splendour hath no continuance.

However imposing may be man's magnificence, it must come to an end. The LXX and Syr. read here, as in Psalms 49:20, Man being in honour understandeth not. But refrains are not always identical in form, and the difference in the Heb. text is significant.

that perish Or, are cut off, a different word from that in Psalms 49:10.