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Psalm 49:1

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,

1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples. Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
2both low and high, rich and poor together.
3My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
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“All you peoples” makes the audience as wide as the world, placing you among everyone summoned to listen before the psalm’s wisdom has even begun.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.Both begin by summoning a vast audience to hear the words that follow.
Psalm 42:1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.Both headings name the sons of Korah and address the Chief Musician, though their opening words take different directions.
Psalm 78:1A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.Both open with commands to hear, directing their listeners toward teaching expressed in words.
Psalm 33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.Both address all the inhabitants of the world, one commanding attention and the other awe before the LORD.
Matthew 11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.Both make hearing an explicit command, asking their audience to attend to what is said.
Romans 10:18But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”Both connect hearing with a worldwide scope, though the psalm commands listening and Romans describes words already spread.
Romans 3:29Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,Both extend their scope beyond one people: the psalm addresses all peoples, and Romans names God as God of Gentiles too.
Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise …Both command their audience to hear; Revelation identifies the speaker as the Spirit addressing the assemblies.
Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a …Both begin by demanding attention, though Revelation joins its command to hear with promises to the one who overcomes.
Matthew 28:19–20Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,Both have a worldwide scope: the psalm addresses all peoples, and Jesus commands making disciples of all nations.
Isaiah 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also …Both reach beyond a single people, with the psalm addressing the world and Isaiah speaking of salvation to earth’s end.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.Both open with commands to hear and listen, using language that extends across the earth.
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Encouragement

Your place among those addressed does not depend on wealth or rank. The psalm summons the whole world to hear; its words of wisdom are addressed to you too.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).