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Psalms 49:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:


Psalms 49:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 49:14 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֬חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לִ/בְנֵיlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֬רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
מִזְמֽוֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 49:1

The First Part. 1. ...“Hear ye these things, all you nations” Psalm 48:1. Not then you only who are here. For of what power is our voice so to cry out, as that all nations may hear? For Our Lord Jesus Christ has proclaimed it through the Apostles, has proclaimed it in so many tongues that He sent; and we see this Psalm, which before was only repeated in one nation, in the Synagogue of the Jews, now repeated throughout the whole world, throughout all Churches; and that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 49 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Aisha MbekiNote3mo ago
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Listen, the psalm says, and it's speaking to everybody. Rich and poor, great and small. Everyone needs to hear this wisdom about death. I appreciate that the psalmist refuses to let us escape this con...
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