Psalm 49:2

Translations

Modern

…both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Traditional

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Literal

…both sons of a man and sons of a great man, the rich and the poor together!

Latin

…quique terrigenæ et filii hominum, simul in unum dives et pauper.

Original

Hebrew

English

…both low and high, rich and poor alike.

Notes

Psalms 49:1–2

Anyone who will listen can gain wisdom (Proverbs 1:5, 8, 33).

Psalms 49:1–4

The wisdom teacher invites everyone to come and learn wisdom. He promises to teach them through a proverb and a riddle.

Psalms 49:1–20

In this wisdom psalm, a wise teacher warns about enemies who live richly and care only for themselves (Psalm 49:5–9). They cannot save anyone, not even themselves, from death or being forgotten (Psalm 49:10–12). Like fattened animals, they are led to slaughter (Psalm 49:14–20).

Theme notes and profiles

The Poor and Needy in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 62:9
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
James 2:1–7
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
1 Samuel 2:7–8
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Jeremiah 5:4–5
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Job 34:19
…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
James 1:9–11
The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
Revelation 6:15–17
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Parallels

Ecclesiastes 5:8–20

Glossary

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