Catholic Public Domain Version
"Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son. "
— Psalms 49:20, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. ”
“Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. ”
“A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.”
“Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.”
“Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:”
“Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.”
“Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. ”
Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.
Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.
Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.
Understand these things, you who forget God; lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.
The sacrifice of praise will honor me. And in that place is the journey by which I will reveal to him the salvation of God.