Orthodox Jewish Bible

Tehillim 49:4-9 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

4. (5) I will incline mine ear to a mashal; I will disclose my dark saying upon the kinnor (harp).

5. (6) Why should I fear in the days of rah, when the avon (iniquity) of my akev (supplanters, deceivers) surrounds me?

6. (7) They that trust in their chayil (wealth), and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches);

7. (8) A brother cannot by any means redeem ish (man), nor give to Elohim a kofer (ransom) for him--

8. (9) For the pidyon [ransom] of their nefesh is costly, and is forever beyond their power to pay--

9. (10) That he should live on lanetzach, and not see shachat (corruption, decay, the pit [cf Psa16:10]).