Psalms 89:48

KJV1611 – Modern English

What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

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  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
  • Ps 22:29 : 29 All the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship; all who go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.
  • Ps 49:7-9 : 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever: 9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.
  • Eccl 3:19-20 : 19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor does he have power in the day of death; and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing, nor have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
  • John 8:51 : 51 Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 : 14 Knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise us up also by Jesus, and will present us with you.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

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  • Ps 49:15
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    15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

  • Ps 49:8-9
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    8For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases forever:

    9That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.

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    10Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.

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    5For in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave, who shall give You thanks?

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    10I said in the prime of my days, I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

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    4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; so I may know how frail I am.

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    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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    6Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

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    28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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    32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

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    3LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that you make account of him!

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    9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?

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    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

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    17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

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    12Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?

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    22Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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    16I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.

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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.