Psalms 49:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Psalms 49:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
James 2:1-7
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. …
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. …
Job 34:19
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Psa 49:1-20. This Psalm instructs and consoles. It teaches that earthly advantages are not reliable for permanent happiness, and that, however prosperous worldly men may be for a time, their ultimate destiny is ruin, while the pious are safe in God’s care. 1-3. All are called to hear what interests all. world--literally, “duration of life,” the present time.