Psalm 49

Hear this, all ye people

Psalm 49
King James Version (KJV)
English text followed by Croatian / Engleski tekst slijede hrvatski

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?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.



1 Zborovođi. Sinova Korahovih. Psalam.
2 Poslušajte ovo, svi narodi, čujte, svi stanovnici zemlje,
3 vi, djeco puka, i vi, odličnici, bogati i siromašni zajedno!
4 Moja će usta zboriti mudrost, i moje srce misli razumne.
5 K poučnoj izreci priklonit ću uho, uz harfu ću izložit' svoju zagonetku.
6 Što da se bojim u danima nesreće kad me opkoli zloba izdajica
7 koji se u blago svoje uzdaju i silnim se hvale bogatstvom?
8 TÓa nitko sebe ne može otkupit' ni za se dati Bogu otkupninu:
9 životu je cijena previsoka, i nikada je neće platiti
10 tko želi živjeti dovijeka i ne vidjeti jamu grobnu.
11 Jer, i mudri umiru, pogiba i luđak i bezumnik: bogatstvo svoje ostavlja drugima.
12 Grobovi im kuće zasvagda, stanovi njihovi od koljena do koljena, sve ako se zemlje nazivale imenima njihovim.
13 Čovjek koji nerazumno živi sličan je stoci koja ugiba.
14 Takav je put onih koji se ludo uzdaju, to je konac onih koji uživaju u sreći:
15 Poput stada redaju se u Podzemlju, smrt im je pastir, a dobri njima vladaju. Njihova će lika brzo nestati, Podzemlje će im biti postojbina.
16 A moju će dušu Bog ugrabiti Podzemlju iz pandža i milostivo me primiti.
17 Ne boj se ako se tko obogati i ako se poveća blago doma njegova:
18 kad umre, ništa neće ponijeti sa sobom, i blago njegovo neće s njime sići.
19 Ako se u životu držao sretnim - "Govorit će se da ti je dobro bilo!" -
20 i on će doći u skup otaca svojih, gdje svjetlosti više vidjeti neće.
21 Čovjek koji nerazumno živi sličan je stoci koja ugiba.


do sljedeći put, blagoslov - until next time, blessings,
David Byler a.k.a. Canovals
14. listopad 2016