Psalms 49:1
Hear this, you peoples all; attend, all you who live in the world
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
In Context
2people of low degree and high, the rich and the poor together.
Cross References
Psalms 33:8Let the whole world honor the Lord, let all who live on earth be in awe.
Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.
Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord and worthy all praise in the city of our God. His holy mountain,
Psalms 78:1My people, attend to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,
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 →