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Psalms 49:5

Psalms 49:5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,.... This is the principal thing that all are before called to hearken to. This is the wisdom and understanding the psalmist had been meditating upon, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil - This verse is designed evidently to state the main subject of the psalm; the result of the reflections of the author on what had been to him a source of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 49:1-5

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 49:5-12

The limits to the power and the possession of wealth.