Psalms 49:15
And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
Catholic Public Domain 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
14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Cross References
Psalms 16:10They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
Hosea 13:14I will free them from the hand of death; from death I will redeem them. Death, I will be your death. Hell, I will be your deadly wound. Consolation is hidden from my eyes.
John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
Revelation 5:9And they were singing a new canticle, saying: “O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language 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 →