A moment in scripture
Psalms 49:9
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That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 49:7
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
- Psalms 49:8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- Psalms 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.