詩篇49:1-20

49:1 （可拉後裔的詩，交與伶長。）萬民哪，你們都當聽這話！世上一切的居民，
49:2 無論上流下流，富足貧窮，都當留心聽！
49:3 我口要說智慧的言語；我心要想通達的道理。
49:4 我要側耳聽比喻，用琴解謎語。
49:5 在患難的日子，奸惡隨我腳跟，四面環繞我，我何必懼怕？
49:6 那些倚仗財貨自誇錢財多的人，
49:7 一個也無法贖自己的弟兄，也不能替他將贖價給上帝，
49:8 叫他長遠活著，不見朽壞；因為贖他生命的價值極貴，只可永遠罷休。
49:9 【併於上節】
49:10 他必見智慧人死，又見愚頑人和畜類人一同滅亡，將他們的財貨留給別人。
49:11 他們心裡思想：他們的家室必永存，住宅必留到萬代；他們以自己的名稱自己的地。
49:12 但人居尊貴中不能長久，如同死亡的畜類一樣。
49:13 他們行的這道本為自己的愚昧；但他們以後的人還佩服他們的話語。（細拉）
49:14 他們如同羊群派定下陰間；死亡必作他們的牧者。到了早晨，正直人必管轄他們；他們的美容必被陰間所滅，以致無處可存。
49:15 只是上帝必救贖我的靈魂脫離陰間的權柄，因他必收納我。（細拉）
49:16 見人發財、家室增榮的時候，你不要懼怕；
49:17 因為，他死的時候甚麼也不能帶去；他的榮耀不能隨他下去。
49:18 他活著的時候，雖然自誇為有福（你若利己，人必誇獎你）；
49:19 他仍必歸到他歷代的祖宗那裡，永不見光。
49:20 人在尊貴中而不醒悟，就如死亡的畜類一樣。

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

¹ Hear this, all you peoples;
    listen, all who live in this world,
² both low and high,
    rich and poor alike:
³ My mouth will speak words of wisdom;
    the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.
⁴ I will turn my ear to a proverb;
    with the harp I will expound my riddle:

⁵ Why should I fear when evil days come,
    when wicked deceivers surround me—
⁶ those who trust in their wealth
    and boast of their great riches?
⁷ No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—
⁹ so that they should live on forever
    and not see decay.
¹⁰ For all can see that the wise die,
    that the foolish and the senseless also perish,
    leaving their wealth to others.
¹¹ Their tombs will remain their houses forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,
    though they had^[c] named lands after themselves.

¹² People, despite their wealth, do not endure;
    they are like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.
¹⁴ They are like sheep and are destined to die;
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;
    he will surely take me to himself.
¹⁶ Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.
¹⁸ Though while they live they count themselves blessed—
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,
    who will never again see the light of life.

²⁰ People who have wealth but lack understanding
    are like the beasts that perish.

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    一個有福的人不是錢財很多的人，因為錢財無法救贖生命！只有與上帝和好關係的人才是有福的，因為得贖是要靠上帝！就我們今天而言，上帝已經設立耶穌為基督，唯有靠耶穌基督人才可以真正的救贖，享受永生！

    沒有受到耶穌基督救贖的人，不管多麼有智慧、多麼有財富、社會地位有多高都是沒有用的！因為面對死亡的時候，誰都無法靠這些就自己，死的時候和畜類沒有甚麼不同！正如詩人所說：「他活著的時候，雖然自誇為有福（你若利己，人必誇獎你）；他仍必歸到他歷代的祖宗那裡，永不見光。人在尊貴中而不醒悟，就如死亡的畜類一樣。」

    求主幫助，讓更多人被聖靈光照，認識耶穌基督是主，也唯有透過耶穌基督，人才可以完全得贖，成為上帝的兒女，進入上帝的國，和耶穌基督同座王道永遠！所以，我們要透過信耶穌，心中有盼望，享受上帝無限的愛！