Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 49:8
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 49:8. _FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THEIR SOUL_ IS _PRECIOUS_] It is of too high a price to be redeemed with corruptible things, such as _silver_ or _gold_, and has required the sacrificial deat...
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 here considers is the value of wealth in preserving “l...
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...
REDEMPTION. Hebrew. _padah_, as "redeem", in Psalms 49:7. THEIR SOUL. them. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. PRECIOUS. costly, or, so costly is it that, &c. IT. the redemption of themselves....
The limits to the power and the possession of wealth....
Render: For too costly is the redemption of their life, And he must let it alone for ever. The sum to be paid by the man whose life was forfeit was to be assessed, probably in proportion to his cul...
THEY THAT TRUST IN THEIR WEALTH, &C.— Some translate it, _Confident men boast themselves in their wealth, and in the multitude of their riches:_ Psalms 49:7. _One cannot by any means redeem the other,...
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...
_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 reason to b...
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...
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 be let alone.'...
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...
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 anticipation of the Christian scheme of redemption fro...
_[Psalms 49:9]_ וְ֭ יֵקַר פִּדְיֹ֥ון נַפְשָׁ֗ם וְ...
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...
(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 in the days of Eli, (1 Samuel 3:1). (e) Meaning i...
Sight. I complain of no neglect (Menochius) in these outward ceremonies. (Haydock) --- God required no victims during the captivity; but he always demanded praise, (ver. 14.; Calmet) a contrite heart,...
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 thin...
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...
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 matter for the richest man in the world to engage in; h...
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.e._ The price of life is greater than that any man, h...
_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 be sec...
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,...
(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 to perish, to fail, the debt must remain forever unp...
6-14 Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it...
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 be obtained. But he doth not call it simply impossible, beca...
Psalms 49:8 redemption H6306 souls H5315 costly H3365 (H8799) cease H2308 (H8804) forever H5769...
THE HELPLESSNESS OF THE RICH IN THE FACE OF DEATH (PSALMS 49:6). He now points out that the rich are helpless in the face of death. None can redeem his brother, because the price of such redemption is...
REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...
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...
_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...
_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. 2. Of its affections. 3. Of its duration. II. Its p...
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 49:5 After presenting the puzzle (vv. Psalms 49:5), the song reminds all its singers that every single person has the same end, death (vv....
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...
Job 36:18; Job 36:19...