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Like sheep they are laid in the grave;death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty[a]* shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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But God will redeem my soul from the power[b] of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Aben Ezra says this psalm is a very excellent one, since in it is explained the Light of the world to come, and of the rational and immortal soul; and Kimchi is of opinion that it respects both this world and that which is to come: and indeed it treats of the vanity of trusting in riches: of the insufficiency of them for the redemption of the soul; of the short continuance of worldly honour and substance; of the certainty of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. And the design of it is to expose the folly of trusting in uncertain riches, and to comfort the people of God under the want of them.