Psalms 49:5 · KJV
“Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?”
— Psalms 49:5
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalms 49 — Context
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding.
4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7None {of them} can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Cross References
Romans 8:33-34
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? {It is} God that justifieth.
Acts 27:24
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
Philippians 1:28
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Proverbs 24:10
{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}
Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. {an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake}
Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou {art} with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}
Psalms 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.