Psalms 49:9
to keep them alive for ever and ever, so as never to see the pit at all.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
In Context
8for the ransom of a life is costly, no payment is ever enough,
Cross References
Psalms 22:29To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.
Luke 16:22After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
Acts 2:27For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo corruption.
Acts 13:33That our children have had this promise completely fulfilled to them by God, by his raising Jesus. That is just what is said in the second Psalm – ‘You are my Son; this day I have become your Father.’
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 →