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Psalms 49:1
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world!Bible Study Resources
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For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; Give ear, all you inhabitants of this world,
For the director of music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
Listen to this, all you nations; listen, all you who live on earth.For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites.
Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
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Hear this, all peoples; Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,The title of the eiyte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore. Alle ye folkis, here these thingis; alle ye that dwellen in the world, perseyue with eeris.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
(A psalm for the people of Korah and for the music leader.)
Everyone on this earth, now listen to what I say!For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,For the leader. A psalm of the descendants of Korach:
To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:To the director: A song from the Korah family.
Listen to this, all you nations. Pay attention, all you people on earth.For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
[To the chiefe Musician, a Psalme for the sonnes of Korah.] Heare this, all yee people, giue eare all yee inhabitants of the world:
Hear this, all people. Listen, all who live in the world,
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Heare this, all ye people: giue eare, all ye that dwell in the world,
HEAR this, all people; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere,
(48-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.> (48-2) Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Heare this all ye people: geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde.
Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:
Hear this, all you peoples;listen, all who inhabit the world,
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Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.
Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,To the chief musician, A Psalm for the Sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples, give ear, all those living in the world,
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
O heare this, all ye people: pondre it well, all ye that dwell vpo the earth.
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don't miss this. All you haves and have-nots, All together now: listen.
Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,Hear this, all peoples;Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world! 2 High and low, rich and poor—listen! 3 For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight. 4 I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp. 5 Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me?Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
for: or, of, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:1, *titles
Hear: Psalms 34:11, Psalms 78:1, Proverbs 1:20-23, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29
inhabitants: Psalms 50:1, Isaiah 49:6, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 28:19, Matthew 28:20, Romans 3:29, Romans 10:18
Reciprocal: Numbers 26:11 - General Deuteronomy 32:1 - General Judges 5:3 - O ye kings 1 Chronicles 6:37 - Korah 1 Chronicles 9:19 - Korah 1 Chronicles 26:1 - Korhites 2 Chronicles 15:2 - Hear ye me 2 Chronicles 20:19 - Korhites Job 26:3 - plentifully Job 33:1 - hear Psalms 42:1 - the sons Proverbs 4:2 - good Proverbs 8:4 - General Proverbs 22:2 - rich Isaiah 18:3 - All ye Isaiah 32:9 - give ear Isaiah 34:1 - Come Isaiah 43:9 - all the Isaiah 46:12 - Hearken Jeremiah 17:20 - General Jeremiah 25:2 - General Daniel 4:35 - the inhabitants Joel 1:2 - Hear Micah 1:2 - hearken Mark 7:14 - when John 12:19 - the world Acts 13:16 - give Revelation 6:15 - the kings
Cross-References
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, "Gather around me, and I will tell you what will happen to each of you in the days to come.
Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse's hooves so its rider is thrown off.
I trust in you for salvation, O Lord !
But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
May the God of your father help you; may the Almighty bless you with the blessings of the heavens above, and blessings of the watery depths below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
Then Jacob instructed them, "Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future."
"In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.
Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear this,.... Not the law, as some Jewish writers l interpret it, which was not desirable to be heard by those that did hear it; it being a voice of wrath and terror, a cursing law, and a ministration of condemnation and death; but rather אחויתא דא, "this news", as the Targum; the good news of the Gospel; the word of "this" salvation; the voice from heaven; the word not spoken by angels, but by the Lord himself: or זאת החכמה, "this wisdom", as Kimchi interprets it; which the psalmist was about to speak of, Psalms 49:3; also the parable and dark saying he should attend unto and open, Psalms 49:4; and indeed it may take in the whole subject matter of the psalm;
all [ye] people: not the people of Israel only, but all the people of the world, as appears from the following clause; whence it is evident that this psalm belongs to Gospel times; in which the middle wall of partition is broken down, and there is no difference of people; God is the God both of Jews and Gentiles; Christ is the Saviour and Redeemer of one as well as of the other; the Spirit of God has been poured out upon the latter; the Gospel has been sent into all the world, and all are called upon to hear it;
give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, or "of time"; so the word is rendered "age", the age of a man, Psalms 39:5. The inhabitants of this world are but for a time; wherefore Ben Melech interprets the phrase by
אנשי הומן, "men of time", the inhabitants of time; it is peculiar to the most High to "inhabit eternity", Isaiah 57:15. Under the Gospel dispensation there is no distinction of places; the Gospel is not confined to the land of Judea; the sound of it is gone into all the world, and men may worship God, and offer incense to his name, in every place; and whoever fears him in any nation is accepted of him.
l Midrash Tillim in loc. Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 106. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear this, all ye people - That is, What I am about; to utter is worthy of universal attention; it pertains equally to all mankind. The psalmist; therefore calls on all the nations to attend to what he is about to say. Compare the notes at Isaiah 1:2.
Give ear - Incline your ear; attend. Compare the notes at Psalms 17:6. See also Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 55:3; Daniel 9:18; Proverbs 2:2.
All ye inhabitants of the world - The truth to be declared does not pertain exclusively to any one nation, or any one class of people. All are interested in it. The term here rendered “world” - חלד cheled, - means properly “duration of life, lifetime;” then, “life, time, age;” and then it comes to denote the world, considered as made up of the living, or the passing generations.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM XLIX
All men are invited to attend to lessons of wisdom relative to
the insufficiency of earthly good to save or prolong life; to
secure the resurrection frown the dead, 1-9.
Death is inevitable, 10.
The vain expectations of rich men, 11-13.
Death renders all alike, 14.
The psalmist encourages and fortifies himself against envying
the apparently prosperous state of the wicked, who are brutish,
and die like beasts, 15-20.
NOTES ON PSALM XLIX
The title, To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah, has nothing particular in it; and the Versions say little about it. One of the descendants of the children of Korah might have been the author of it; but when or on what occasion it was made, cannot now be discovered. The author aimed to be obscure, and has succeeded; for it is very difficult to make out his meaning. It is so much in the style of the Book of Job, that one might believe they had the same author; and that this Psalm might have made originally a part of that book. "It seems," says Dr. Dodd, "to be a meditation on the vanity of riches, and the usual haughtiness of those who possess them. As a remedy for this, he sets before them the near prospect of death, from which no riches can save, in which no riches can avail. The author considers the subject he is treating as a kind of wisdom concealed from the world; a mystery, an occult science with respect to the generality of mankind." Dr. Kennicott has given an excellent translation of this Psalm, which is very literal, simple, and elegant; and by it the reader will be convinced that a good translation of a difficult passage is often better than a comment.
Verse Psalms 49:1. Hear this, all ye people — The four first verses contain the author's exordium or introduction, delivered in a very pompous style and promising the deepest lessons of wisdom and instruction. But what was rare then is common-place now.
