Psalms 49:16

“applies this instruction. Be not anxious (Psa 37:1, &c.), since death cuts off the prosperous wicked whom you dread.”

“Be not thou afraid when one is made rich - Do not dread the power derived from wealth; do not fear anything which a man can do merely because he is rich. The original is, “when a “man” becomes rich.” The allusion is not necessarily to a bad man, though that is implied in the whole passage, since there is no reason for fearing a “good” man, whether he is rich or poor. The only thing that seems to have been apprehended in the mind of the psalmist was that power of doing injury to others, or of employing means to injure others, which wealth confers on a bad man. The psalmist here changes the form of the expression, no longer referring to himself, and to his own feelings, as in the former part…”

“Afraid - Discouraged. Psalms 49:18”

“49:16-20 The wicked might have rich, luxurious lives, but they forget that they cannot avoid death.”

“Be not: Psa 49:5, Psa 37:1, Psa 37:7; Est 3:1-6; Pro 28:12 glory: Gen 31:1; Est 5:11; Rev 21:24, Rev 21:26 Psalms 49:17”