Psalm 49:9

9 daß er fortlebe immerdar, die Grube nicht sehe.

Psalm 49:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 49:9

That he should still live for ever
Or "though he should live" ^F23. 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 time, with all his riches, redeem his brother; and at last must die himself, and so must his brother too, as his own experience and observation may assure him, ( Psalms 49:10 ) . Or the meaning is, he cannot so redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him, that he should live a corporeal life for ever, and never die; since all men die, wise men and fools, rich and poor; and much less that he should live and enjoy an "eternal life", as the Targum; a life of happiness and bliss hereafter, which is not to be obtained by gold and silver, but is the pure gift of God;

[and] not see corruption;
the grave, the pit of corruption, the house appointed for all living: or "the judgment of hell", according to the Chaldee paraphrase.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (yhyw) "etiamsi vivat", Gejerus.

Psalm 49:9 In-Context

7 Keineswegs vermag jemand seinen Bruder zu erlösen, nicht kann er Gott sein Lösegeld geben,

8 (Denn kostbar ist die Erlösung ihrer Seele, und er muß davon abstehen auf ewig)

9 daß er fortlebe immerdar, die Grube nicht sehe.

10 Denn er sieht, daß die Weisen sterben, daß der Tor und der Unvernünftige miteinander umkommen und anderen ihr Vermögen lassen.

11 Ihr Gedanke ist, daß ihre Häuser stehen in Ewigkeit, ihre Wohnungen von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht; sie nennen Ländereien nach ihrem Namen.