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Psalm 49:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 49:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 The price to ransom a life would be too costly;
no one would ever have enough
10 to enable him to live on forever
and avoid being consigned to the pit.
11 [a]For all can see that the wise die,
just as the foolish and the stupid also pass away,
and all leave their wealth to others.[b]
Footnotes
- Psalm 49:11 Those who have amassed wealth for themselves (see Lk 12:20) or those who have rejected the voice of wisdom (see Prov 1:17f) are the foolish and the stupid. These have taken pains to ensure their memory by naming property after themselves but will be remembered only by the names engraved on their tombs (v. 12; see Isa 22:16). They will perish, forever bereft of their wealth.
- Psalm 49:11 A passage very close to Eccl 2:16 (see Pss 39:7; 92:7f).
