Bible Strands
Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the congregation of Israel regarding the contrasting fates of the wicked and the righteous. He speaks from a position of personal confidence while contrasting his destiny with the decay awaiting the ungodly.
The words — יִפְדֶּה (yif.deh) denotes a ransom-price redemption, and יִקָּחֵ֣נִי (yi.kka.che.ni) means he will take or seize. The text states God will actively ransom the speaker's life from Sheol's grasp and personally receive him.
The thread — This promise of deliverance from Sheol runs through Psalms 56:13, 73:24, and 86:13. These passages consistently pair divine rescue from the grave with the subsequent privilege of walking before God or entering glory.
Why it lands — The verse demands a reader to reject fear of death and financial prosperity as ultimate realities. It requires trusting that God's personal intervention, not human wealth or status, determines final destiny.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Cross-references
- Psalms 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
- Psalms 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 86:13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalms 89:48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- Psalms 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
- Psalms 31:5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Luke 23:46 Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.