psalm-49:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 49:1-20

INTRODUCTIONSuperscription.—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42:0. Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are unknown. “This psalm,” says Matthew Henry, “is a sermon, and so is the next. In most of the psalms we have the penman praying or praising; in these we have him preaching; and it is our duty, in singing psalms, to teach and admonish ourselves and one another.” The psalm meets the temptation, which arises... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 49:1-20

Psalms 49:1-20 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open dark sayings upon the harp ( Psalms 49:1-4 ).So I am going to play my harp and accompany myself and I am going to give you some things to think about, some dark parables.Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 49:1-20

Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:3 . My mouth shall speak of wisdom. I will speak boldly of the schemes, the follies, and the best wisdom of mortal man; that a just portrait of his errors may direct his steps to the good way in which he ought to walk. Psalms 49:4 . A parable; a succession of wise, moral, and divine maxims.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 49:1-20

Psalms 49:1-20Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of societyImpressive and instructive that scene in the wood of Senart, when a luxurious Louis, royally caparisoned for hunting, met a wretched peasant with a coffin. “For whom? . . . For a poor brother slave, whom your majesty has sometimes noticed slaving in those quarters.” “What did he die of? . . . Of hunger.” The king gave his steed the spur. Sad... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 49:3

Psa 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding. Ver. 3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom ] Heb. Wisdomns and understandings; and yet the matter of this psalm was nothing extraordinary for the main of it; so that a profane person would have come out with his Quid dignum tanto tulit hic promissor hiatu? But good points are not therefore to be slighted, because commonly handled; but therefore the better to be heeded, and proof to be made by... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 49:3

mouth: Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Job 33:33, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:2, Proverbs 8:6-1 Kings :, Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 22:20, Proverbs 22:21, 2 Timothy 3:15-Esther : meditation: Psalms 19:14, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 104:34, Matthew 12:35 Reciprocal: Job 20:3 - the spirit Job 28:21 - hid Job 36:4 - in 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit 1 Timothy 4:15 - Meditate read more