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Tehilim (Psalms) 49תהילים |
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| 1 | לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃ | Ps 49:0 | ¶For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. |
| 2 | שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֭את כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֑ים הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינוּ כָּל־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חָֽלֶד׃ | Ps 49:1 | - Hear this, all you peoples.
- Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
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| 3 | גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י אָ֭דָם גַּם־בְּנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ יַ֝֗חַד עָשִׁ֥יר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | Ps 49:2 | - both low and high,
- rich and poor together.
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| 4 | פִּ֭י יְדַבֵּ֣ר חָכְמ֑וֹת וְהָג֖וּת לִבִּ֣י תְבוּנֽוֹת׃ | Ps 49:3 | - My mouth will speak words of wisdom.
- My heart shall utter understanding.
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| 5 | אַטֶּ֣ה לְמָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתִֽי׃ | Ps 49:4 | - I will incline my ear to a proverb.
- I will open my riddle on the harp.
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| 6 | לָ֣מָּה אִ֭ירָא בִּ֣ימֵי רָ֑ע עֲוֹ֖ן עֲקֵבַ֣י יְסוּבֵּֽנִי׃ | Ps 49:5 | - Why should I fear in the days of evil,
- when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
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| 7 | הַבֹּטְחִ֥ים עַל־חֵילָ֑ם וּבְרֹ֥ב עָ֝שְׁרָ֗ם יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃ | Ps 49:6 | - Those who trust in their wealth,
- and boast in the multitude of their riches—
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| 8 | אָ֗ח לֹא־פָדֹ֣ה יִפְדֶּ֣ה אִ֑ישׁ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לֵאלֹהִ֣ים כָּפְרֽוֹ׃ | Ps 49:7 | - none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
- nor give God a ransom for him.
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| 9 | וְ֭יֵקַר פִּדְי֥וֹן נַפְשָׁ֗ם וְחָדַ֥ל לְעוֹלָֽם׃ | Ps 49:8 | - For the redemption of their life is costly,
- no payment is ever enough,
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| 10 | וִֽיחִי־ע֥וֹד לָנֶ֑צַח לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃ | Ps 49:9 | - That he should live on forever,
- that he should not see corruption.
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| 11 | כִּ֤י יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ חֲכָ֘מִ֤ים יָמ֗וּתוּ יַ֤חַד כְּסִ֣יל וָבַ֣עַר יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְעָזְב֖וּ לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃ | Ps 49:10 | - For he sees that wise men die;
- likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
- and leave their wealth to others.
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| 12 | קִרְבָּ֤ם בָּתֵּ֨ימוֹ ׀ לְֽעוֹלָ֗ם מִ֭שְׁכְּנֹתָם לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹ֑ר קָֽרְא֥וּ בִ֝שְׁמוֹתָ֗ם עֲלֵ֣י אֲדָמֽוֹת׃ | Ps 49:11 | - Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever,
- and their dwelling places to all generations.
- They name their lands after themselves.
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| 13 | וְאָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר בַּל־יָלִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃ | Ps 49:12 | - But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure.
- He is like the animals that perish.
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| 14 | זֶ֣ה דַ֭רְכָּם כֵּ֣סֶל לָ֑מוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ סֶֽלָה׃ | Ps 49:13 | - This is the destiny of those who are foolish,
- and of those who approve their sayings.
- Selah.
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| 15 | כַּצֹּ֤אן ׀ לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל שַׁתּוּ֮ מָ֤וֶת יִ֫רְעֵ֥ם וַיִּרְדּ֘וּ בָ֤ם יְשָׁרִ֨ים ׀ לַבֹּ֗קֶר { וצירם ♦ וְ֭צוּרָם } לְבַלּ֥וֹת שְׁא֗וֹל מִזְּבֻ֥ל לֽוֹ׃——— Ketib: וצירם ♦ Qere: וְ֭צוּרָם | Ps 49:14 | - They are appointed as a flock for Sheol.
- Death shall be their shepherd.
- The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.
- Their beauty shall decay in Sheol,
- far from their mansion.
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| 16 | אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִפְדֶּ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִֽיַּד־שְׁא֑וֹל כִּ֖י יִקָּחֵ֣נִי סֶֽלָה׃ | Ps 49:15 | - But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
- for he will receive me.
- Selah.
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| 17 | אַל־תִּ֭ירָא כִּֽי־יַעֲשִׁ֣ר אִ֑ישׁ כִּֽי־יִ֝רְבֶּה כְּב֣וֹד בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | Ps 49:16 | - Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich,
- when the glory of his house is increased.
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| 18 | כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְ֭מוֹתוֹ יִקַּ֣ח הַכֹּ֑ל לֹא־יֵרֵ֖ד אַחֲרָ֣יו כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃ | Ps 49:17 | - For when he dies he shall carry nothing away.
- His glory shall not descend after him.
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| 19 | כִּֽי־נַ֭פְשׁוֹ בְּחַיָּ֣יו יְבָרֵ֑ךְ וְ֝יוֹדֻ֗ךָ כִּי־תֵיטִ֥יב לָֽךְ׃ | Ps 49:18 | - Though while he lived he blessed his soul—
- and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
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| 20 | תָּ֭בוֹא עַד־דּ֣וֹר אֲבוֹתָ֑יו עַד־נֵ֝֗צַח לֹ֣א יִרְאוּ־אֽוֹר׃ | Ps 49:19 | - he shall go to the generation of his fathers.
- They shall never see the light.
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| 21 | אָדָ֣ם בִּ֭יקָר וְלֹ֣א יָבִ֑ין נִמְשַׁ֖ל כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת נִדְמֽוּ׃ | Ps 49:20 | - A man who has riches without understanding,
- is like the animals that perish.
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