Psalms 49:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
In Context
2both low and high, rich and poor alike.
Cross References
Psalms 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
Psalms 42:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 48:1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalms 78:1A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Jeremiah 25:2So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
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 →