Psalm 49

Psalm 49
"Hear this, all ye people"
The Greek text of Psalm 49:11–18 in the fragment of folio 100 verso of Codex Sinaiticus (4th century)
Other name
  • Psalm 48
  • "Audite haec omnes gentes"
LanguageHebrew (original)
Psalm 49
BookBook of Psalms
Hebrew Bible partKetuvim
Order in the Hebrew part1
CategorySifrei Emet
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part19

Psalm 49 is the 49th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and generally in its Latin translations, this psalm is Psalm 48. In the Vulgate, it begins "Audite haec omnes gentes".[1] The psalm is attributed to the sons of Korah and is closely connected with the "Wisdom" or religious philosophy of ancient Israel.[2]

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies, and has been set to music.

  1. ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 48 (49) Archived May 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 49, accessed 24 October 2020