Psalms 49:15
Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
In Context
16Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
Cross References
Psalms 16:10For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.
Psalms 56:13For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
Psalms 86:13For Thy kindness [is] great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Hosea 13:14From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.
John 14:3and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;
Revelation 5:9and they sing a new song, saying, 'Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
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 →