“ That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. ”
That he should still live for ever - That his brother whom he could not redeem - or that he himself - should not die, Psalms 49:8 . The idea is, that the price of life is so great that no wealth...
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...
That, &c. Connect this with the end of Psalms 49:7 . still live for ever . live on continually. corruption. Hebrew. sahath = destruction (with Art.): i.e. in the grave.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
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...
That — i.e., in order that; introducing the purpose of the imagined ransom in Psalms 49:7 . Others connect it consecutively with Psalms 49:8 , “He must give up for ever the hope of living for e...
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...
That he should still live for ever ,.... Or "though he should live", c. w. Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years twice told, as in Ecclesiastes 6:6 yet he could not in all...
That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption. Ver. 9. That he should still live for ever ] As every wicked man would, if it might be had for money; for he knoweth no happiness but...
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...
Or, the pit , or the grave , i.e. not die, as that phrase is oft used, as has been noted before.
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...
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...
Acts 13:33 ; Acts 13:35-37 ; Acts 2:27 ; Acts 2:31 ; Ecclesiastes 8:8 ; John 8:51 ; John 8:52 ; Luke 16:22 ; Luke 16:23 ; Proverbs 10:2 ; Proverbs 11:4 ; Psalms 16:10 ; Psalms 89:48 ; Z...