Psalms 89:48
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
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In Context
47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
49Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
Psalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Psalms 119:84How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:39-52
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43… Read the whole commentary →