Psalms 49:1
Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
World English Bible Classic
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 together.
Cross References
Psalms 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Psalms 78:1Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.
Jeremiah 25:2which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
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 →