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Psalms 49:15
15But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
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.
- 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
- New Living Translation (NLT)But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude
Context of Psalms 49:15
13This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings. 14They are like sheep and are destined to die; death will be their shepherd (but the upright will prevail over them in the morning). Their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions. But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. 16Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; 17for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.
Read all of Psalms 49Psalms 49:15 word by word
אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִפְדֶּ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִֽיַּד־שְׁא֑וֹל כִּ֖י יִקָּחֵ֣נִי סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 49:15
- Psalms 31:5Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.
- Psalms 56:13For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 73:24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.
- Hosea 13:14“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? “I will have no compassion,
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
- Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
- Psalms 16:10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
- Psalms 86:13For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
- Psalms 89:48Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
- Luke 23:46Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
- John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
- Acts 7:59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive 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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