Psalms 49:2
Both low and high, together rich and needy.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
In Context
3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
Psalms 62:9Only — vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.
Isaiah 34:1Come near, ye nations, to hear, And ye peoples, give attention, Hear doth the earth and its fulness, The world, and all its productions.
Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
James 2:1My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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 →