Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 49. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-49/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-49/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-49-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Hear this, all peoples!</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-1">Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14651" class="text Ps-49-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>both low and high,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-2">rich and poor together!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14652" class="text Ps-49-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>My mouth shall speak wisdom;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-3">the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14653" class="text Ps-49-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>I will incline my ear to a proverb;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-4">I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14654" class="text Ps-49-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Why should I fear in times of trouble,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-5">when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14655" class="text Ps-49-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>those who trust in their wealth</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-6">and boast of the abundance of their riches?</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14656" class="text Ps-49-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>Truly no man can ransom another,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-7">or give to God the price of his life,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14657" class="text Ps-49-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>for the ransom of their life is costly</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-8">and can never suffice,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14658" class="text Ps-49-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>that he should live on forever</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-9">and never see the pit.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14659" class="text Ps-49-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>For he sees that even the wise die;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-10">the fool and the stupid alike must perish</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-10">and leave their wealth to others.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14660" class="text Ps-49-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Their graves are their homes forever,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-11">their dwelling places to all generations,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-49-11">though they called lands by their own names.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14661" class="text Ps-49-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Man in his pomp will not remain;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-br"></span></span></p> </div>
