Psalm 49 (1-13) was the Psalm for last Sunday in the ECUSA lectionary.<\/p>\n
I am finding verse 4 in particular a great comfort this week. We are in evil days indeed, but hope is a virtue and despair is a sin.<\/p>\n
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Psalm 49 Audite haec, omne<\/i>\n
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1 Hear this, all you peoples;\n
hearken, all you who dwell in the world, *\n
you of high degree and low, rich and poor together.\n
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2 My mouth shall speak of wisdom, *\n
and my heart shall meditate on understanding.\n
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3 I will incline my ear to a proverb *\n
and set forth my riddle upon the harp.\n
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4 Why should I be afraid in evil days, *<\/b>\n
when the wickedness of those at my heels surrounds me,\n
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5 The wickedness of those who put their trust in their goods, *\n
and boast of their great riches?\n
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6 We can never ransom ourselves, *\n
or deliver to God the price of our life;\n
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7 For the ransom of our life is so great, *\n
that we should never have enough to pay it,\n
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8 In order to live for ever and ever, *\n
and never see the grave.\n
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9 For we see that the wise die also;\n
like the dull and stupid they perish *\n
and leave their wealth to those who come after them.\n
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10 Their graves shall be their homes for ever,\n
their dwelling places from generation to generation, *\n
though they call the lands after their own names.\n
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11 Even though honored, they cannot live for ever; *\n
they are like the beasts that perish.\n
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12 Such is the way of those who foolishly trust in themselves, *\n
and the end of those who delight in their own words.\n
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13 Like a flock of sheep they are destined to die;\n
Death is their shepherd; *\n
they go down straightway to the grave.\n
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14 Their form shall waste away, *\n
and the land of the dead shall be their home.\n
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15 But God will ransom my life; *\n
he will snatch me from the grasp of death.\n
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16 Do not be envious when some become rich, *\n
or when the grandeur of their house increases;\n
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17 For they will carry nothing away at their death, *\n
nor will their grandeur follow them.\n
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18 Though they thought highly of themselves while they lived, *\n
and were praised for their success,\n
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19 They shall join the company of their forebears, *\n
who will never see the light again.\n
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20 Those who are honored, but have no understanding, *\n
are like the beasts that perish.\n
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