the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 49:1
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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:
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the 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!Hear this, all peoples; Listen carefully, all inhabitants of the world,
Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,
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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 peoples;Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
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 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.HEAR this, all people; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Hear this, everyone! Listen, all people everywhere,
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,
O heare this, all ye people: pondre it well, all ye that dwell vpo the earth.
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 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:
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:
For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye 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 Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; Give ear, all you inhabitants of this 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:
Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in 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,(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,
To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye 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,Contextual Overview
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
Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather around. I want to tell you what you can expect in the days to come."
I wait in hope for your salvation, God .
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
Then he instructed them: "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, the cave in the field of Machpelah facing Mamre in the land of Canaan, the field Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for a burial plot. Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried there; Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried there; I also buried Leah there. The field and the cave were bought from the Hittites."
God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in.
God -of-the-Angel-Armies whispered to me his verdict on this frivolity: "You'll pay for this outrage until the day you die." The Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, says so.
Who believes what we've heard and seen? Who would have thought God 's saving power would look like this?
In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, a message was made plain to Daniel, whose Babylonian name was Belteshazzar. The message was true. It dealt with a big war. He understood the message, the understanding coming by revelation:
But when all is said and done, God 's Temple on the mountain, Firmly fixed, will dominate all mountains, towering above surrounding hills. People will stream to it and many nations set out for it, Saying, "Come, let's climb God 's mountain. Let's go to the Temple of Jacob's God. He will teach us how to live. We'll know how to live God's way." True teaching will issue from Zion, God 's revelation from Jerusalem. He'll establish justice in the rabble of nations and settle disputes in faraway places. They'll trade in their swords for shovels, their spears for rakes and hoes. Nations will quit fighting each other, quit learning how to kill one another. Each man will sit under his own shade tree, each woman in safety will tend her own garden. God -of-the-Angel-Armies says so, and he means what he says.
The Spirit makes it clear that as time goes on, some are going to give up on the faith and chase after demonic illusions put forth by professional liars. These liars have lied so well and for so long that they've lost their capacity for truth. They will tell you not to get married. They'll tell you not to eat this or that food—perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by believers who know better! Everything God created is good, and to be received with thanks. Nothing is to be sneered at and thrown out. God's Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy.
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.
