# Psalms 49.1

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. <sup>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.</sup> Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,**
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> 2. Both low and high, Rich and poor together. 3. My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. (Psalms 49:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. <b>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. </b> Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,**
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> 2. both low and high, rich and poor together. 3. My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding. (Psalms 49:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: <sup>for: or, of</sup>**
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> 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. (Psalms 49:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. To the Overseer., By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.**
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> 2. Both low and high, together rich and needy. 3. My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding. (Psalms 49:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.