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[a]Hear this, all you peoples;
    listen carefully, all you inhabitants of the world,
whether lowborn or highborn,
    rich and poor alike.
My mouth will speak words of wisdom,
    and the utterance of my heart[b] will give understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:2 Solemn introduction: the first part (vv. 2-3) recalls the Prophets (see 1 Ki 22:28; Isa 34:1; Mic 1:2) and the second (vv. 4-5) recalls Ps 78:2; Job 33:4; 34:19; Prov 8:4f.
  2. Psalm 49:4 See Mt 12:34. Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.