Psalms 49:8
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
In Context
7Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
9I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
Cross References
Job 36:18Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.
Matthew 16:26For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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 →