Psalms 49:1

 Psalms 49:1 says,To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.  There is the introduction, then verse one says, Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:  David called on all the people to hear what he had to say.   We today must call on all the people that we come in contact with to hear when we witness for God.  Verse two adds, Both low and high, rich and poor, together. David did not distinguish between people because of their status, but called on all to hear.  We likewise cannot distinguish between people today because of their status in the world.  We must be willing to witness to everyone about the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Verse three continues, My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.  When David said he would speak of wisdom, it was not his wisdom but God's that he referred to, and the understanding that his heart meditated on was the understanding of Who God is.  We can only speak of the wisdom of God and not our own wisdom as followers of Christ, and we most continually meditate on our understanding of Who God is, and we will still never understand everything about God.  Verse four states, I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.  David said he would listen to the parables about God.  He also said that he would make the dark sayings, the things about God that people had a hard time understanding, easier for them to understand.  We today must listen to the parables of God and make them easily understood by the world.  Verse five adds, Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?  David asked why he should fear the days of evil when his enemies were all around him attempting to cause him to fall.  We as Christians have no need to fear the days of evil nor those who attempt to get us to fall, because we are already forever victorious through our relationship with Jesus Christ.  Verse six declares, They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;  Then verse seven adds, None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:  David addressed those who trusted in their wealth, and there are many people today who trust in their wealth and not in God.  David said that their wealth could not redeem their brother nor give God a ransom for him.  We can never buy the redemption of anyone, but can only lead them to Jesus Christ Who can.  Verse eight continues, (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)  David stated that the redemption of the soul was precious and it lasts forever.  We need to acknowledge that the redemption of every soul is precious and forever.  This includes even those who are our enemies.  Verse nine concludes, That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.  As David said, those who are redeemed by Christ shall live with God forever and not see the corruption of the world anymore when they are called home to heaven.  Verse ten says, For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.  David said the wise, those who put their faith in Christ, and the foolish, those who don't, would both die and leave everything they owned in this world to others.  This will never change.