7 No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them-
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
7 Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,
7 Really! There's no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him--
7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God.
4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
4 A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.
4 Riches won't help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.
(Read Proverbs 11:4)
Riches will stand men in no stead in the day of death.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 49:7
Commentary on Psalm 49:6-14
(Read Psalm 49:6-14)
Here is a description of the spirit and way of worldly people. A man may have wealth, and may have his heart enlarged in love, thankfulness, and obedience, and may do good with it. Therefore it is not men's having riches that proves them to be worldly, but their setting their hearts upon them as the best things. Worldly men have only some floating thoughts of the things of God, while their fixed thoughts, their inward thoughts, are about the world; that lies nearest the heart. But with all their wealth they cannot save the life of the dearest friend they have. This looks further, to the eternal redemption to be wrought out by the Messiah. The redemption of the soul shall cost very dear; but, being once wrought, it shall never need to be repeated. And he, the Redeemer, shall rise again before he sees corruption, and then shall live for evermore, Daniel 12:2. Let us now judge of things as they will appear in that day. The beauty of holiness is that alone which the grave cannot touch, or damage.