Psalm 49:1-4

Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

1
g Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 h both low and high,
rich and poor together!
3 My mouth shall speak i wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to j a proverb;
I will solve my k riddle to the music of the lyre.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 42:1
    Book Two As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 78:1
    Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
    Isaiah 1:2
    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: "Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
    Micah 1:2
    Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 62:9
    Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:20
    Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice.
    Proverbs 9:1
    Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 78:2
    I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old.
    Matthew 13:35
    This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 12:8
    With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
    Proverbs 1:6
    To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
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