Psalms 49:3
God, our God, shall come manifestly, 1 And shall not keep silence: 1 A fire shall be kindled before him, 1 And round about him there shall be a very great tempest. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
In Context
2Out of Zion comes the excellence of his beauty. 1
4He shall summon the heaven above, 1 And the earth, that he may judge his people. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:2Let my speech be looked for as the rain, 1 And my words come down as dew, 1 As the shower upon the herbage, 1 And as snow upon the grass. 1
Job 33:33If not, do thou hear me: 1 Be silent, and I will teach thee.
Psalms 45:1For the end, for the sons of Korah; a Psalm concerning secret things. 1
Proverbs 8:6Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn truths; 1 And will produce right sayings from my lips. 1
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 →