Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 49:11

"Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names." — Psalms 49:11 (ASV)

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever. —These eleven words represent three in the Hebrew, and, as the text stands, convey its meaning, which is intelligible and consistent:

“They believe their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places from generation to generation;
They call the lands by their own names.”

The reading followed by the Septuagint, Chaldee, and Syriac, kibram for kirbam gives a different thought—

“Their graves are their homes,
Their dwelling places forever.”

(Compare to “his long home,”Ecclesiastes 12:5.)

The last clause, which literally reads, they call in their names upon lands, is explained by some to mean, “they are celebrated in their lands,” which suits the text followed by the Septuagint.