Psalms 49:19
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
In Context
18For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
20He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
Cross References
Genesis 15:15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.
Job 33:30That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
Ecclesiastes 3:21Who knoweth if the spirit of the children of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?
Matthew 8:12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion; wandering stars, to whom the storm of darkness is reserved for ever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20
Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →