1. Invitation to hear wisdom 49:1-4

49:1-2 The psalmist urged all people to listen to what he had to say in this poem. All kinds of people need to be aware of the insight he revealed here. This fact applies to the wicked as well as the righteous.

49:3-4 What follows is wisdom, but a person must have insight to appreciate it. It is a riddle or dark saying in this respect. Spiritual illumination helps us perceive the truth.

"The language of the prelude, the call to mankind, uses many of the terms which open the book of Proverbs, and proclaims this a wisdom psalm, offering instruction to men rather than worship to God."¹⁰⁹