Revised Version 1885

Psalms 49:11-18 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

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:

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

18. Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,