Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, together rich and needy.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
In Context
3My mouth speaks wise things, || And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7YHWH dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high.
Psalms 62:9Surely vanity the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up || They [are] lighter than a breath.
Isaiah 34:1Come near, you nations, to hear, || And you peoples, give attention, || The earth and its fullness hear, || The world, and all its productions.
Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fullness, || And Lord YHWH is against you for a witness, || The Lord from His holy temple.
James 2:1My brothers, do not hold the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ in favor by appearance,
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 →