Psalm 49:15
“But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 49Meaning
The decisive contrast is that God can redeem the psalmist’s life from the power of Sheol and receive him; this is confident hope in God, not a detailed timetable of the afterlife or a promise to avoid physical death.
Read carefully
The decisive contrast is that God can redeem the psalmist’s life from the power of Sheol and receive him; this is confident hope in God, not a detailed timetable of the afterlife or a promise to avoid physical death.
Reflection
The decisive contrast is that God can redeem the psalmist’s life from the power of Sheol and receive him; this is confident hope in God, not a detailed timetable of the afterlife or a promise to avoid physical death.