Psalms 49:6
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
研读注释
Study Note
The rhetorical contrast between those who 'trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches' and the psalmist's counter-wisdom inaugurates a meditation on death as the great equalizer — wealth cannot ransom a soul from the grave (49:7-9). The wisdom-psalm genre shapes the argument: this is not covenant lawsuit but philosophical reflection on human mortality in the tradition of Qohelet (Ecclesiastes 5:10-15). The specific verb 'trust' (batah) — the word used for covenant confidence in God (Psalm 22:4; Isaiah 26:4) — applied to wealth diagnoses idolatry as misplaced security rather than merely immorality. Jesus applies this logic in the parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:16-21) and the Sermon on the Mount's 'treasures on earth' (Matthew 6:19-21).
其他译本
They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
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