The document provides commentary on Psalm 49, discussing several key themes: 1) Earthly riches cannot redeem one's soul or guarantee eternal life, while Christ's blood provides eternal redemption for believers. 2) The wealthy put misplaced trust in material possessions but will die like all people and cannot take their wealth with them. 3) Psalm 49 contains parables and dark sayings that reference biblical stories and prophecies about judgment, tribulation, and God redeeming the righteous.

1. Ps 49
Ps 49:1-5
1) Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2) Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3) My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall
be of understanding.
4) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the
harp.
5) Wherefore shouldI fear in the days of evil, when the iniquityof my heels
shall compass me about?
A message of personal experience:
1. V3 My moth= speak wisdom
2. V3 My heart=of understanding
3. V4 Mine ear=incline toa parable
4. V4 My dark saying= openupon the harp
5. V5 iniquity of My heels=compass Me about
This wisdomis applicable to: 1) … all ye inhabitants of the world
Ps 49:6-9
6) They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of
their riches;
7) Noneof them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
8) (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9) That he shouldstill live for ever, and not see corruption.
The poverty of riches:
1. V7 Can’t Redeema brothers soul
2. V7 Can’t Ransom his own soul

2. 3. V8 Can’t buy eternal life for the soul
4. V9 Can’t buy immortality for the body
Only the priceless bloodof Christ can afford the redemptionof a soul:
(Matt 26:28) For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.
(Col 1:20) And, havingmade peace through the blood of his cross, by him
to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven.
(Heb 9:12-15) Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own
blood he entered in once into the holy place, havingobtained eternal
redemption for us.
13) For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinklingthe unclean, sanctifieth to the purifyingof the flesh:
14) How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works to serve the livingGod?
15) And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions thatwere under
the first testament, they which are calledmight receive the promise of
eternal inheritance.
(1Pet 1:18-19) Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received
by tradition from your fathers;
19) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot:
(Rev 7:14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me,
These are they which came out of great tribulation, andhave washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Ps 49:10-15
10) For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person
perish, and leave their wealth to others.

3. 11) Their inwardthought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and
their dwellingplaces to all generations; they call their lands after their own
names.
12) Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish.
13) This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.
Selah.
14) Like sheep they are laidin the grave; death shall feed on them; and the
upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall
receive me. Selah.
The deluded imagination of the Rich V11
1. Their families will continueforever
2. Their dwelling place will continueforever
3. Their cities will be a memorial to their greatness
Ps 49:16-20
16) Be not thou afraidwhen one is made rich, when the glory of his house
is increased;
17) For when he dieth he shall carrynothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
18) Though while he livedhe blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
19) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20) Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish.
2things to not fear v16
1. A rich man
2. A rich family

4. Ends with a reminder this is deeper than face value. honour /
understanding
20) Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish.
3) My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall
be of understanding.
4) I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the
harp.
Parable:
(Ps 78:2) I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
(Matt 13:11-13) He answeredand said unto them, Because it is given unto
you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not
given.
12) For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken awayeven
that he hath.
13) Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not;
and hearingthey hear not, neither do they understand.
(Prov1:1-6) The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2) To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
3) To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4) To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion.
5) A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understandingshall attain unto wise counsels:
6) To understanda proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise,
and their dark sayings.
The parable extracted:

5. Harp Ps49:4 Gen. 4:21
Iniquity of heels Ps. 49:5 Gen. 3:15
Redeem his brother Ps. 49:7 Gen. 4:10-11
Cities after their own
name
Ps. 49:11 Gen. 4:17
Their way Ps. 49:13 Gen. 4:16, Jude 11
(1Tim 6:10) For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.
(Ezek 28:3-5) Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that
they can hide from thee:
4) With thy wisdom and with thine understandingthou hast gotten thee
riches,and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5) By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increasedthy riches,
and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
Isa 16
4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from
the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth,
the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Doctrinal application: Trib
Deut 28
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou
shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruitof thy ground, in the
land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Jas 5

6. 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come
upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness
againstyou, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure
together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have
reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the
cries of them which have reaped are enteredinto the ears of the Lord of
sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye
have nourishedyour hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned
and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Matt 24
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out
of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his
clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give
suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginningof the worldto this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Luke 6
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor:
for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye
shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed
are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from
their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for
the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for,
behold, your rewardis great in heaven: for in the like manner did their
fathers unto the prophets. 24 But woe unto you that are rich!for ye have
receivedyour consolation.

7. Ps 37
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The
LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exaltthee to inherit
the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Ps 37
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they
shall inheritthe earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:
yea, thou shalt diligentlyconsider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the
meek shall inheritthe earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance
of peace. 12 The wicked plotteth againstthe just, and gnasheth upon him
with his teeth.
Zeph 2
1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; 2
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the
fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S
anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wroughthis judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be
ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Matt 5
5 Blessedare the meek: for they shall inheritthe earth.
8 Blessedare the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
2Kgs 14
6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: accordingunto that which
is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the
children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to

8. death for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand,
and took Selah by war, and calledthe name of it Joktheel unto this day.
Isa 16
1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness,
unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a
wanderingbirdcast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at
the fords of Arnon. 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as
the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him
that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a
covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end,
the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumedout of the land. 5 And in
mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the
tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting
righteousness.
Ps 49
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.
Selah.