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Psalm 49

¹Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
²Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
³My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
⁴I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
⁵Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
⁶They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
⁷None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
⁸(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
⁹That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
¹⁰For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
¹¹Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
¹²Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
¹³This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
¹⁴Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
¹⁵But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
¹⁶Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
¹⁷For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
²⁰Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

12And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
²Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
³Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
⁴And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
⁵Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
⁶Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

13And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
³And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
⁴And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
⁵And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
⁸And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear.
¹⁰He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.