Psalms 49:16
What meaning of the psalms 49:16 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 49:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;"
What does Psalms 49:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;"
Verse Psalms 49:16. _BE NOT THOU AFRAID WHEN ONE IS MADE RICH_] Do not be envious; do not grieve: it will do you no harm; it will do him no good. All he gets will be left behind; he can carry nothing...
BE NOT THOU AFRAID WHEN ONE IS MADE RICH - Do not dread the power derived from wealth; do not fear anything which a man can do merely because he is rich. The original is, “when a “man” becomes rich.”...
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...
BE NOT THOU AFRAID. This, with Psalms 49:5, gives the scope of the Psalm. See the Structure (p. 767). ONE. a man. Hebrew. _'ish_....
_Be not thou afraid_ The Psalmist addresses himself, repeating the question of Psalms 49:5 in the form of an exhortation (the Heb. word is the same), or any individual who is listening to him. _glory...
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. St...
_BE NOT THOU AFRAID WHEN ONE IS MADE RICH, WHEN THE GLORY OF HIS HOUSE IS INCREASED;_ The conclusion (Psalms 49:16). BE NOT THOU AFRAID WHEN ONE IS MADE RICH - resuming Psalms 49:5, "Wherefore shou...
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...
After expressing his own hopes of escaping from death, or being rescued from corruption, the psalmist recurs to the question of Psalms 49:5, and completes the answer to it. He need not fear, however p...
_[Psalms 49:17]_ אַל ־תִּ֭ירָא כִּֽי ־יַעֲשִׁ֣ר אִ֑ישׁ כִּֽי ־יִ֝רְבֶּה כְּבֹ֣וד בֵּיתֹֽו׃...
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 vo...
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...
_Sinner. He is not blamed for praying: but his hypocrisy is condemned. (Berthier) --- The world is full of such hypocrites, who have God in their mouths, but not in their hearts, and whose voice alone...
What a close is here made to the rich man's pomp! How terrible is death to all such characters! Wherein doth he differ from the brutes that perish? A mere animal life was all that belonged to both: an...
16_Be not thou afraid _The Psalmist repeats, in the form of an exhortation, the same sentiment which he had formerly expressed, that the children of God have no reason to dread the wealth and power of...
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...
BE NOT THOU AFRAID WHEN ONE IS MADE RICH,.... Who before was poor, or not so rich; but now become so, either by inheritance, or by his own diligence and industry, through the permission of Providence....
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; Ver. 16. _Be not thou afraid_] David was comforted, and so he would have others to be; for as it was said of a cert...
_Be not thou afraid_ That is, discouraged or dejected; _when one is made rich_, &c. The prosperity of sinners is often matter of fear and grief to good men; partly because their prosperity enables the...
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,...
15-20 Believers should not fear death. The distinction of men's outward conditions, how great soever in life, makes none at death; but the difference of men's spiritual states, though in this life it...
AFRAID, i.e. discouraged or dejected. The prosperity of the sinners is oft matter of fear and dread to good men; partly because it enables them to do more mischief; and partly because it shakes their...
Psalms 49:16 afraid H3372 (H8799) one H376 rich H6238 (H8686) glory H3519 house H1004 increased H7235 (H8799) Be not - Psalms 49:5, Psalms 37:1, Psalms 37:7; Esther 3:1-6;...
THE UPRIGHT ARE NOT THEREFORE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE RICH SEEM TO FLOURISH, FOR IN THE END THE RICH WHO DO NOT HAVE TRUE UNDERSTANDING WILL SIMPLY PERISH LIKE THE BEASTS (PSALMS 49:16)...
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. _...
_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...
Esther 3:1; Esther 5:11; Genesis 31:1; Proverbs 28:12; Psalms 37:1; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 49:5; Revelation 21:24; Revelation 21:26...
Afraid — Discouraged....