“"He shall enter even unto the generations of his fathers" (ver. 19): that is, he shall imitate his fathers. For the unrighteous, that now are, have brothers, have fathers. Unrighteous men of old, are the fathers of the present; and they that are now unrighteous, are the fathers of unrighteous posterity: just as the fa…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — ON THE PSALMS - Psalm 49
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19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
— Psalms 49:19 —
20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.