Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 49:1

"Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world," — Psalms 49:1 (ASV)

Hear this. — For the opening address, compare Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 1:2; Psalms 50:7; Isaiah 1:2.

World. — As in Psalms 17:14; properly, duration. (Compare our expression, “the things of time.”)