Psalms 49 To the chaunter, a Psalme of the chyldren of Corah. O heare thys, all ye people: pondre it wel, all ye that dwel vpon the earth.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of the chyldren of Corah. O heare thys, all ye people: pondre it wel, all ye that dwel vpon the earth. ² Hye & lowe, & rych & poore, one wyth another. ³ My mouth shall speake of wysdome, and my hert shall muse of vnderstandynge. ⁴ I will enclyne myne eare to the parable, and shewe my darke speach vpon the harpe. ⁵ Wherfore should I feare the euel dayes, when the wickednesse of my heles compaseth me rounde aboute? ⁶ They that put their trust in their good, & boast theym selfes in the multitude of theyr ryches. ⁷ No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer. ⁹ Yea, though he liue longe, and se not the graue. ¹⁰ For it shalbe sene, that such wyse men shal dye and perysh together, as wel as the ignoraunt and folysh, and leue their goodes for other. ¹¹ Loke what is in their houses, it contynueth still: their dwellyng places endure from one generacion to another, and are called after their owne names vpon the earth. ¹² Neuerthelesse man abydeth not in suche honour, but is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them. ¹³ This waye of theirs is very folyshnesse, and yet their posteritie prayse it wyth theyr mouth. Selah. ¹⁴ They lye in the hell like shepe, death shall gnawe vpon theim, and the righteous shall haue dominacion of theim in the mornynge by tymes: their strength shall consume, and hell shalbe their dwellynge. ¹⁵ But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of hell, when he receyueth me. Selah. ¹⁶ O be not thou afraied, when one is made ryche, & the glory of hys house increased. ¹⁷ For he shall cary nothynge away wyth hym when he dyeth, neither shall his pompe folowe hym. ¹⁸ Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happy man: and so long as he is in prosperitie, men speake good of hym. ¹⁹ But when he foloweth his fathers generacion, he shall neuer se light any more. ²⁰ When a man is in honour and hath no vnderstandinge, he is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them.