Psalms 89:48
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
47Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
49Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul!
Psalms 49:7A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
Psalms 119:84How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,—neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust return to the earth, as it was,—and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness 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 →