Call. Prayer is a perfect act of religion, and a confession of God's dominion. Qui fingit sacros auro vel marmore vultus,
Non facit ille Deos: qui rogat, ille facit. (Martial viii. v. 24.)
To neglect prayer is, in some sense, to deny God. (Calmet) --- He is pleased to exercise our confidence, (Haydock) and will have us to call upon him in distress. (Menochius)
Verse Psalms 49:15. _BUT GOD WILL REDEEM MY SOUL FROM THE POWER OF THE_ _GRAVE_] מיד שאול _miyad sheol_, "from the hand of sheol." That is, by the plainest construction, I shall have a resurrection fr...
BUT 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 Sheo...
Psalms 49 Retrospects and Meditations _ 1. Hear this, all ye peoples! (Psalms 49:1)_ 2. His message of retrospect and encouragement (Psalms 49:5) If such is the outcome and the goal of the purpose...
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 Psalms...
MY SOUL. me, myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE POWER OF THE GRAVE. the hand of _Sheol_. "hand" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). RECEIVE ME. take me out of [Sheol]; same word...
The fate of the godless rich man is further described, and contrasted with the Psalmist's confidence....
While the wicked become the prey of Sheol, the Psalmist is delivered from its power. But in what sense? In this life, or after death? A careful study of the context and of similar phrases elsewhere se...
PSALMS 49 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Death and Redemption: Oppressed Saints Comforted and Oppressors Rebuked. ANALYSIS Startta I, Psalms 49:1-6, An Introduction, consisting of the Proem and the Problem. Sta...
_BUT GOD WILL REDEEM MY SOUL FROM THE POWER OF THE GRAVE: FOR HE SHALL RECEIVE ME. SELAH._ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave - in contrast to the wicked, on whom 'death shall fe...
49:15 power (i-9) Lit. 'hand.' receive (k-15) Or 'take,' as Genesis 5:24 ....
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 f...
THE GRAVE] RV 'Sheol.' The hope expressed is not necessarily that of a definite resurrection after death, but may be that of deliverance from the premature ending of life in this world. But the words...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
BUT GOD WILL. — Better, _But God shall redeem my life from the hand of sheol when it seizes me._ Taken by itself, this statement might only imply that when just at the point of death, the Divine favou...
_[Psalms 49:16]_ אַךְ ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִפְדֶּ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִֽ...
Psalms 49:1 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 inequal...
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN RICHES Psalms 49:1 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 God's voi...
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. There...
The Psalmist here draws a fine contrast in the death of the believer to that of the ungodly. His flesh rests in hope....
15_But God will redeem my soul _The Hebrew particle, אך _, ach, _may be also translated, _surely, _or _certainly. _The psalmist had made a general assertion of the great truth, that the righteous shal...
Psalms 49 is a moral conclusion for all, founded on these judgments of God. Wealth, elevation, all that is exalted in man, is nothing. Man expects to endure, gives his own name to his lands, blesses h...
BUT GOD WILL REDEEM MY SOUL FROM THE POWER OF THE GRAVE,.... The psalmist expresses his faith, that though he should die, and for a while be under the power of the grave, yet he should be redeemed fro...
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. Ver. 15. _But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave_] Heb. from the hand of hell: _q.d._ I am, a...
_But God will redeem my soul_ Though no man can find out a ransom to redeem himself or his brother, yet God can and will redeem me; _from the power of the grave_ Or, shall preserve me _from the power...
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 Korah,...
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, redeeming him from the hand or dominion of the realm of death; FOR HE SHALL RECEIVE ME, up into the glory of everlasting life. SELAH. The belie...
FROM THE POWER: _ Heb._ from the hand of the grave GRAVE: Or, hell...
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...
Though no man can find out a ransom to redeem himself or his brother, yet God can and will redeem me. MY SOUL; either properly; or myself or life; for all comes to one. OF THE GRAVE; or, _of hell_; fo...
Psalms 49:15 God H430 redeem H6299 (H8799) soul H5315 power H3027 grave H7585 receive H3947 (H8799) Selah...
BUT FOR THE UPRIGHT THERE IS HOPE. FOR THEM THERE IS A COMING MORNING AND A REDEMPTION (PSALMS 49:14). These two verses stand out on their own between the two ‘Selahs'. In them the fate of the unright...
REDEEM (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _ GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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 descripti...
CONTENTS: The despicable character of those who trust in their wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is no security in the possession and enjoyment of wealth, for money cannot buy the...
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 49:3. _M...
_Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased._ EMPTY-HANDED WE DEPART I remember an Eastern legend which I have always thought furnished a remarkable commentary...
_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 Sen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:1. This is a wisdom psalm. In particular, it addresses the confusion that the faithful often feel when they encounter trouble even while unfaithful people seem to get alo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:13 God treats these two groups differently when they die. The unfaithful are LIKE SHEEP... APPOINTED FOR SHEOL, while GOD WILL RANSOM the faithful person’s soul fro
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 unk...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1, and Psalms 73:1. It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, whom the wicked perse...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understandin...
Acts 7:59; Hosea 13:14; John 14:3; Luke 23:46; Psalms 16:10;...
God — Tho' no man can find out a ransom to redeem himself, yet God can and will redeem me. The grave — The grave shall not have power to retain me, but shall be forced to give me up into my father's h...