“Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 49 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.