“They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;”
The reference to those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches establishes the target of the wisdom critique. The specific designation of those who place confidence in possessions suggests fundamental spiritual confusion; they have misdirected their trust. The boasting about riches indicates not merely possession but arrogant reliance on wealth as the source of security and significance. The designation of those who glory in their wealth suggests that they have made accumulation the center of their identity. The verse identifies the subject of the teaching—the critique of trust in wealth and the false hope it generates.
Church Fathers on Psalms 49:6
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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