Psalms 89:48
What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
47Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
49Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.
Psalms 49:7Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,
Psalms 119:84Howe many are the dayes of thy seruant? When wilt thou execute iudgement on them that persecute me?
Ecclesiastes 8:8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue, neither wilt suffer thine Holy one to see corruption.
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 →