The Book of Psalms, Chapter 50, Verse 1

Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.

Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.

This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

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Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.

King James Version

A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

American Standard Version

[A Psalm of Asaph]. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

New English Translation

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD has spoken, and summoned the earth to come from the east and west.

World English Bible

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.

For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.