Psalms 49:1
A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, and he has called the earth, from the rising of the sun even to its setting,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
In Context
2from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.
Cross References
Psalms 33:8The Angel of the Lord will encamp around those who fear him, and he will rescue them.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
Psalms 48:1Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.
Psalms 78:1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.
Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and pay attention, O earth, for the Lord has spoken. I have nurtured and raised children, but they have spurned me.
Jeremiah 25:2And the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:1
This psalm is a sermon, and so is the next. In most of the psalms we have the penman praying or praising; in these we have him preaching; and it is our duty, in singing psalms, to teach and admonish ourselves and one another. The scope and design of this discourse is to convince the men of this world of their sin and folly in setting their hearts upon the things of this world, and so to persuade them to seek the things of a better world; as also to comfort the people of God, in reference to their own troubles and… Read the whole commentary →