Psalms 49:6
\49:5\What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
In Context
5\49:4\I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Cross References
Esther 5:11And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Psalms 52:7\52:5\But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
Psalms 56:7\56:6\They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
Psalms 112:7He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
Proverbs 10:15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Proverbs 23:5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:2-6
A Call to Attention. 1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? This is the psalmist's preface to his discourse concerning the vanity of the world and its insufficiency… Read the whole commentary →