Psalms 49:1
Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
In Context
2Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,—Together both rich and needy:—
Cross References
Psalms 33:8Let all the earth, stand in awe of Yahweh, Of him, be in dread, all ye inhabitants of the world;
Psalms 42:1As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.
Psalms 48:1Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalms 78:1Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;
Isaiah 1:2Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken:—Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.
Jeremiah 25:2which word Jeremiah the prophet spake concerning all the people of Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying:—
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 →