Psalms 49:2

“Both low and high, etc.] Or “both the sons of Adam and the sons of men”. By the sons of “Adam” are meant the multitude of the people, as Ben Melech explains it; the common people, the meaner sort, the base things of this world; and such are they, generally speaking, who are called by grace under the Gospel dispensation: and by “the sons of men” are meant the princes, nobles, and great men of the earth; men of high birth and illustrious extraction: so Adam is rendered, “the mean man”, and “Ish”, the word here used, “the great man”, in (<230209>Isaiah 2:9). And though not many, yet some of this sort are called by grace; and all of them have a peculiar concern in many things spoken of in this…”

“Both low and high - Those alike of humble and those of exalted rank, for it pertains equally to all. On the meaning of the “terms” employed here, see the notes at Isaiah 2:9. These truths pertained to the “low;” that is, to those of humble rank, as teaching them not to envy the rich, and not to fear their power; and they pertained to those of exalted rank, as teaching them not to trust in their riches, and not to suppose that they could permanently possess and enjoy them. Rich and poor together - As equally interested in these truths; that is, What the psalmist was about to say was adapted to impart useful lessons to both classes. Both needed instruction on the subject; and the same class of…”

“Psa 62:9; Sa1 2:7, Sa1 2:8; Job 34:19; Pro 22:2; Jer 5:4, Jer 5:5; Jam 1:9-11, Jam 2:1-7; Rev 6:15-17 Psalms 49:3”