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Psalms 49:15
15But God will buy me back from the power of hell because he will take me. Selah
Psalms 49:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For He shall receive me. Selah
Context of Psalms 49:15
13This is the final outcome for fools and their followers who are delighted by what they say: Selah 14Like sheep, they are driven to hell with death as their shepherd. (Decent people will rule them in the morning.) Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes. But God will buy me back from the power of hell because he will take me. Selah 16Do not be afraid when someone becomes rich, when the greatness of his house increases. 17He will not take anything with him when he dies. His greatness cannot follow him.
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:15 word by word
אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִפְדֶּ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִֽיַּד־שְׁא֑וֹל כִּ֖י יִקָּחֵ֣נִי סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 49:15
- Psalms 31:5Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have rescued me, O Lord, God of truth.
- Psalms 56:13You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
- Psalms 73:24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory.
- Hosea 13:14“I want to free them from the power of the grave. I want to reclaim them from death. Death, I want to be a plague to you. Grave, I want to destroy you. I won’t even think of changing my plans.”
- Revelation 5:9Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
- Revelation 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: From now on those who die believing in the Lord are blessed.” “Yes,” says the Spirit. “Let them rest from their hard work. What they have done goes with them.”
- Psalms 16:10because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.
- Psalms 86:13because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.
- Psalms 89:48Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah
- Luke 23:46Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” After he said this, he died.
- John 14:3If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am.
- Acts 7:59While council members were executing Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, welcome my spirit.”
Commentaries on Psalms 49:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave - שאול מיד miyad sheol, "from the hand of sheol." That is, by the plainest construction, I shall have a resurrection from the dead, and an entrance into his glory; and death shall have no dominion over me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave - literally, “from the hand of Sheol;” that is, from the dominion of death. The hand is an emblem of power, and it here means that death or Sheol holds the dominion over all those who are in the grave. The control is absolute and unlimited. The grave or Sheol is here personified as if reigning there, or setting up an empire there. Compare the notes at Isaiah 14:9. On the word “redeem,” see the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 Believers should not fear death. The distinction of men's outward conditions, how great soever in life, makes none at death; but the difference of men's spiritual states, though in this life it may seem of small account, yet at and after death is very great. The soul is often put for the life. The God of life, who was its Creator at first, can and will be its Redeemer at last. It includes the salvation of the soul from eternal ruin. Believers…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15The teachers of false wisdom cannot rescue themselves from death. Only God has that power.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. The pious, delivered from "the power of the grave." power--literally, "the hand," of death, are taken under God's care.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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