Psalm 49

1 Hear this, all ye peoples;2 Both low and high,3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;4 I will incline mine ear to a parable:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,6 They that trust in their wealth,7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,8 (For the redemption of their life is costly,9 That he should still live alway,10 For he shall see it. Wise men die;11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,12 But man being in honor abideth not:13 This their way is their folly:

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol;

16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not,

Psalm 50

1 The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken,2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence:4 He calleth to the heavens above,5 Gather my saints together unto me,6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness;

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak;8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices;9 I will take no bullock out of thy house,10 For every beast of the forest is mine,11 I know all the birds of the mountains;12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee;13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls,14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving;15 And call upon me in the day of trouble;

16 But unto the wicked God saith,17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him,19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil,20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;22 Now consider this, ye that forget God,23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me;

Psalm 51

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,3 For I know my transgressions;4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity;6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts;7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness,9 Hide thy face from my sins,10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;11 Cast me not away from thy presence;12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;15 O Lord, open thou my lips;16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:19 Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,