redemption
( See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20).
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30).
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...
(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...
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 Psa...
redemption . Hebrew. padah , as "redeem", in Psalms 49:7 . their soul . them. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. precious . costly, or, so costly is i...
(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 t...
They that trust in their wealth, &c.— Some translate it, Confident men boast themselves in their wealth, and in the multitude of their riches:...
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 t...
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 fr...
This v. is a parenthesis, interrupting the connexion between Psalms 49:7 ; Psalms 49:9 , Is precious, and it ceaseth] RV 'is costly, and must b...
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 a...
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...
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 voic...
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 ma...
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...
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 ma...
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...
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 pr...
The Vanity of Worldly Riches; The End of the Wicked. 6 They that trus...
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...
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...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psa...
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...
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, giv...
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 Im...
For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever. Redemption I. Its subject--the soul of man. Think-- 1. Of its powers....
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...
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 con...
(for the redemption of their soul is precious, too costly to be paid for by anything which mere men may supply, and it ceaseth forever, it is bound...
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.
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)