Revised Version 1885

Psalms 49:10-16 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

10. For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

11. 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.

12. But man abideth not in honour: he is like the beasts that perish.

13. This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

14. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

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

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