Psalms 49 Comparison: Catholic Public Domain vs KJV with Apocrypha
Psalms 49
1A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, and he has called the earth, from the rising of the sun even to its setting,
2from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.
3God will arrive manifestly. Our God also will not keep silence. A fire will flare up in his sight, and a mighty tempest will surround him.
4He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.
5Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.
6And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
7Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
9I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
10For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
11I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
12If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
13Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
16But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?
17Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
18If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.
19Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.
20Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
21These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.
22Understand these things, you who forget God; lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.
23The sacrifice of praise will honor me. And in that place is the journey by which I will reveal to him the salvation of God.
Psalms 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.
Understanding Catholic Public Domain vs KJV with Apocrypha in Psalms 49
Catholic Public Domain (CPDV)
Modern Catholic translation in the public domain with deuterocanonical books. Clear, contemporary English while preserving a formal tone. A strong option for Catholic reading plans and study.
KJV with Apocrypha (KJVA)
The complete King James Version (1611) including the 14 Apocrypha books interlaced between the Old and New Testaments. Essential for studying the text as it was originally published and for exploring deuterocanonical literature.
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Key Comparison: Psalms 49:16
"But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?"
"Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;"
