Psalms 49:18
(49-19) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
17(49-18) For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.
19(49-20) It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:19(29-18) and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart — that the watered be swept away with the dry';
Esther 3:2And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and prostrated themselves before Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor prostrated himself before him.
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.
Hosea 12:8(12-9) And Ephraim said: 'Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth; in all my labours they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →