Psalms 49:11

“Still infatuated and flattered with hopes of perpetuity, they call their lands, or "celebrate their names on account of (their) lands."”

“Their inward thought is - Their secret expectation and feeling is that they have secured permanency for their wealth in their own families, though they themselves may pass away. The essential thought in this verse is, that the rich people referred to in the foregoing verses imagine that their possessions will be perpetuated in their own families. The word rendered “inward thought” - קרב qereb - means properly “the midst, the middle, inner part;” and hence it comes to mean the heart, or the mind, as the seat of thought and affection: Psalms 5:9; Psalms 64:6. It means here, their hope, their calculation, their secret expectation; and the whole verse is designed to show the value or importance…”

“Thought - Tho' they are ashamed to express, yet it is their secret hope. Houses - Either their posterity, often called mens houses: or their mansion - houses, as it is explained in the next clause. For ever - To them and theirs in succeeding generations. Call - Fondly dreaming by this means to immortalize their memories. Psalms 49:12”

“49:11-12 The teacher brings wisdom through irony. Everyone dies, and even those with estates named after them will be forgotten.”

“Their inward: etc. Or, "Their grave is their house forever, their dwelling place through all generations, though their names are celebrated over countries." Psa 5:9, Psa 64:6; Eze 38:10; Luk 11:39; Act 8:22 all generations: Heb. generation and generation they call: Gen 4:17; Sa1 15:12; Sa2 18:18 Psalms 49:12”