Psalms 49 · Verse 15

Psalms 49:15

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Psalms 49:15, King James Version

Psalms 49:15 in other translations

BSBBut God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
WEBBut God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
ASVBut God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. [Selah
YLTOnly, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
DARBYBut God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.
BBEBut God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)
WebsterBut God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

What does Psalms 49:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. The pious, delivered from "the power of the grave." power--literally, "the hand," of death, are taken under God's care.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave - מיד שאול miyad sheol, "from the hand of sheol." That is, by the plainest construction, I shall have a resurrection from the dead, and an entrance into his glory; and death shall have no dominion over me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 49:15-20
Believers should not fear death. The distinction of men's outward conditions, how great soever in life, makes none at death; but the difference of men's spiritual states, though in this life it may seem of small account, yet at and after death is very great. The soul is often put for the life. The God of life, who was its Creator at first, can and will be its Redeemer at last. It includes the salvation of the soul from eternal ruin. Believers will be under strong temptation to envy the prosperity of sinners. Men will praise thee, and cry thee up, as having done well for thyself in raising an estate and family. But what will it avail to be approved of men, if God condemn us? Those that are rich in the graces and comforts of the Spirit, have something of which death cannot strip them, nay, which death will improve; but as for worldly possessions, as we brought nothing into the world, so it is certain that we shall carry nothing out; we must leave all to others. The sum of the whole matter is, that it can profit a man nothing to gain the whole world, to become possessed of all its wealth and all its power, if he lose his own soul, and is cast away for want of that holy and heavenly wisdom which distinguishes man from the brutes, in his life and at his death. And are there men who can prefer the lot of the rich sinner to that of poor Lazarus, in life and death, and to eternity? Assuredly there are. What need then we have of the teaching of the Holy Ghost; when, with all our boasted powers, we are prone to such folly in the most important of all concerns!

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 49:15 in the original Hebrew

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אַךְ\־'akh-surelyH389
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
יִפְדֶּ֣הyif.Dehhe will redeemH6299
נַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shilife myH5315
מִֽיַּד\־mi.yad-from [the] hand ofH3027
שְׁא֑וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
יִקָּחֵ֣נִיyi.ka.Che.nihe will take meH3947
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 49:15

  • Psalms 73:24

    Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

  • Psalms 56:13

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  • Psalms 86:13

    For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

  • Psalms 89:48

    What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

  • Hosea 13:14

    I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

  • Psalms 16:10-11

    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  • Genesis 5:24

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  • John 14:3

    And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

  • Acts 7:59

    And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

  • Luke 23:46

    And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

  • Psalms 31:5

    Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
31:5; 56:13; 73:24; Ho 13:14; Re 5:9; 14:13
power. Heb. hand. the grave. or, hell.
16:10; 86:13; 89:48
shall.
Lu 23:46; Joh 14:3; Ac 7:59

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Context

  • Psalms 49:14

    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 shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

  • Psalms 49:15

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

  • Psalms 49:16

    Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

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Psalms 49:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero Dios redimirá mi vida del poder de la sepultura, cuando me tomará. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ils gisent dans le shéol comme des brebis: la mort se repaît d’eux, et au matin les hommes droits domineront sur eux; et leur beauté va se consumer dans le shéol, sans qu’ils aient plus de demeure.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gott aber wird meine Seele erlösen von der Gewalt des Scheols; denn er wird mich aufnehmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et invoca me in die tribulationis: eruam te, et honorificabis me.