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1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear{H8798)} this, all ye people; give ear{H8685)}, all ye inhabitants{H8802)} of the world:

Psalms 49:1

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

  • But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

  • Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

This is the psalmist’s preface to his discourse concerning the vanity of the world and its insufficiency to make us happy; and we seldom meet with an introduction more solemn than this is; for there is no truth of more undoubted certainty, nor of greater weight and importance, and the consideration of which will be of more advantage to us. I. He demands the attention of others to that which he was…

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