“ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) ”
For the redemption of their soul is precious - The word “soul” here means “life,” and not the immortal part. The only question which the psalmist here considers is the value of wealth in preservi...
(For the redemption of their soul [is] (d) precious, (e) and it ceaseth for ever:) (d) That is, so rare or not to be found, as prophecy was precious in the days of Eli, ( 1 Samuel 3:1 ). (e) Meanin...
XLIX. The Immortality of the Righteous. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20 , and it probably stood originally after...
redemption . Hebrew. padah , as "redeem", in Psalms 49:7 . their soul . them. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. precious . costly, or, so costly is it that, &c. it . the redemption of themselve...
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) For the redemption of their soul is precious - It is of too high a price to be redeemed with corruptible things, such as sil...
They that trust in their wealth, &c.— Some translate it, Confident men boast themselves in their wealth, and in the multitude of their riches: Psalms 49:7 . One cannot by any means redeem t...
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: -The godly has no cause for overwhelming fear because of the power of the ungodly; nor has the ungodly reaso...
There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his...
For. — This verse is rightly placed in a parenthesis. “Soul” is the animal life, as generally, and here necessarily from the context. There is no anticipation of the Christian scheme of redemption...
Psalms 49:1-20 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present...
the Folly of Trusting in Riches Psalms 49:1-20 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to...
This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. Ther...
This blessed passage is enclosed in parentheses; perhaps by way of showing, not only that it stands totally unconnected with what was said before, of a worldling redeeming his brother, which is a thi...
For the redemption of their soul [is] precious ,.... Or "heavy" s; it is, as Jarchi observes, "heavier than their substance": it is too weighty a matter for the richest man in the world to engage in...
Psalms 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) Ver. 8. For the redemption of their soul is precious ] i.e. The price of life is greater than that any ma...
They , &c. The psalmist, having said that good men had no sufficient cause of fear on account of what they might suffer from ungodly men, now proceeds to show that the ungodly had no reason to b...
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the mul...
Of their soul, i.e. of their life, as soul is commonly used. Is precious, i.e. rare, as the word is used, 1 Samuel 3:1 Daniel 2:11 , hard to be obtained. But he doth not call it simply impos...
The Helplessness Of The Rich In The Face Of Death ( Psalms 49:6-10 ). He now points out that the rich are helpless in the face of death. None can redeem his brother, because the price of such rede...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are...
redemption ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 14:30 ).
The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descript...
Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of society Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1-19 , and Psalms 73:1-19 . It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, who...
Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and consolation written by a member of the family of Kora...
Job 36:18 ; Job 36:19
Soul — Of their life. Precious — Hard to be obtained. Ceaseth — It is never to be accomplished, by any mere man, for himself or for his brother.