Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
In Context
16Be not thou afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.
Cross References
Psalms 16:10For thou will not leave my soul to Sheol, nor will thou allow thy holy man to see corruption.
Psalms 56:13For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Psalms 86:13For great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy sting? Repentance shall be hid from my eyes.
John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will take you along to myself, so that where I am, ye may be also.
Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:7-15
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, that… Read the whole commentary →