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THAT HE SHOULD STILL LIVE FOR EVER - That his brother whom he could
not redeem - or that he himself - should not die, Psalms 49:8. The
idea is, that the price of life is so great that no wealth can re...
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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...
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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...
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THAT, &C. Connect this with the end of Psalms 49:7.
STILL LIVE FOR EVER. live on continually.
CORRUPTION. Hebrew. _sahath =_ destruction (with Art.): i.e. in the
grave....
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The limits to the power and the possession of wealth....
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The preceding verse is a parenthesis, and this verse is to be
connected with Psalms 49:7 and rendered,
That he should live on perpetually,
(And) should not see the pit.
-To see the pit" = to experie...
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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...
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_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...
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49:9 corruption. (f-10) Or 'the pit.' see Job 17:14 ....
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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...
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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...
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THAT — _i.e.,_ in order that; introducing the purpose of the
imagined ransom in Psalms 49:7. Others connect it consecutively with
Psalms 49:8, “He must give up for ever the hope of living for
ever.”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THAT HE SHOULD STILL LIVE FOR EVER,.... Or "though he should live", c.
w. Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years
twice told, as in Ecclesiastes 6:6 yet he could not in all this...
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That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
Ver. 9. _That he should still live for ever_] As every wicked man
would, if it might be had for money; for he knoweth no happiness but
to...
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_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...
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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,...
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that he should still live forever, in an eternal life, without paying
the penalty of death, AND NOT SEE CORRUPTION. The passage plainly
teaches the impossibility of redemption of any person in the wor...
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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...
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Or, _the pit_, or _the grave_, i.e. not die, as that phrase is oft
used, as has been noted before....
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Psalms 49:9 live H2421 (H8799) eternally H5331 see H7200 (H8799) Pit
H7845
That he - Psalms 89:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 13:33; Acts 13:35; Acts 2:27; Acts 2:31; Ecclesiastes 8:8;...