Psalms 89:48 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁸What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Psalms 89:48 —

Old words in this verse

selah: — a pause or musical mark (meaning uncertain).

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Cross-References

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Hebrews 11:5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Psalms 49:7-9
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Dead (people)Death Dying Gehenna Hades Hell Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 38-52)

In these verses we have, I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David’s family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. “Thou saidst thou wouldst not take away thy lovingkindness, but thou hast cast off.” Sometimes, it is no easy thing to reconcile God’s providences with his promises, and yet we are sure they are reconcilable;…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 48)

38-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God’s favor. cast off--and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).