But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
The wicked enjoy prosperity while God's people suffer affliction, which tempts the faithful to despair. But the Psalmist means to check their envy and moderate the pride of the ungodly by showing that worldly happiness, however grand it appears, is vain and evanescent, whereas the godly, tried though they be, remain the objects of divine regard and shall be delivered from their enemies.
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Commenting on Psalm 49:1-20
God will redeem my soul from the grave's power; we shall rise from that tomb, quickened by divine energy, held fast no longer by death's bands. No ransom money could buy what Christ purchased with His blood; He has given His life a ransom for us, and so we shall assuredly be redeemed by power from the last enemy, raised in His image, received into glory.
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The believer's great comfort in death is this: God will redeem the soul from the grave's power and receive it into glory. Rich and poor meet in the grave alike, yet their spiritual states divide them forever at death. When death breaks the lantern, the candle inside does not go out; the soul lives on, freed from its prison, conversing more freely than ever, until body and soul reunite in resurrection.
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Commenting on Psalm 49:15-20