Psalms 49:15
“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.”
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
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.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Cross-References
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
“What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.”
“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.”
“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?”