“ Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. ”
Man that is in honor - Man that is in possession of wealth, or that occupies an exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 49:12 . And understandeth not - That is, who has no proper appreciation...
Man [that is] in honour, and (q) understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish. (q) He condemns man's ingratitude, who having received excellent gifts from God, abuses them like a beast to his...
XLIX. The Immortality of the Righteous. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20 , and it probably stood originally after...
20 Man is in honor, and will not understand (237) Here the prophet, that he may not be understood as having represented the present life, which in itself is a singular blessing of God, as w...
DISCOURSE: 583 THE DEGRADED STATE OF MAN Psalms 49:20 . Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. MAN, when first he came out of the hands of his Creator, w...
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Man that is in honor - The rich and honorable man who has no spiritual understanding, is a beast in the sight of God....
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Slightly varied from Psalms 49:12 , as is usual in Hebrew poetry. Man that is in honour, and understandeth not...
There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his...
Psalms 49:1-20 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present...
the Folly of Trusting in Riches Psalms 49:1-20 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to...
This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. Ther...
What a close is here made to the rich man's pomp! How terrible is death to all such characters! Wherein doth he differ from the brutes that perish? A mere animal life was all that belonged to both: a...
Man [that is] in honour ,.... A wicked man, as the Targum; Psalms 49:12 ; and understandeth not ; from whence his riches and honour, come, and what use he should make of them, and for what end h...
Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish. Ver. 20. Man that is in honour and understandeth not ] Versus amoibaeus. See Psalms 49:12 , there is but little...
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not That is, hath not true wisdom to know and consider what he is, and what is his true business and interest in this world, and what use he ought to make o...
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 1...
Understandeth not, i.e. hath not true wisdom, to know and consider what he is, and what his true business and interest in this world is, and what use he should make of his life, and of all his rich...
The Upright Are Not Therefore To Be Concerned About The Way That The Rich Seem To Flourish, For In The End The Rich Who Do Not Have True Understanding Will Simply Perish Like The Beasts ( Psalms 49:...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are...
The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descript...
Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of society Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1-19 , and Psalms 73:1-19 . It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, who...
Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Kora...
Ecclesiastes 3:18 ; Ecclesiastes 3:19 ; Esther 5:11-14 ; Esther 7:10 ; Job 4:21 ; Psalms 49:12 ; Psalms 73:1 ; Psalms 73:18
Understandeth not — Hath not true wisdom. The beasts — Though he hath the outward shape of a man, yet in truth he is a beast, a stupid, and unreasonable creature.