He shall go to the generation of his fathers, being cut off from the land of the living suddenly; they, all those included in this category, shall never see light, never enjoy the light of everlasting life. And so the poet closes his hymn with an apt conclusion:
Verse Psalms 49:19. _THEY SHALL NEVER SEE LIGHT._] Rise again they shall; but they shall never see the light of glory, for there is prepared for them the _blackness of darkness_ for ever....
HE SHALL GO TO THE GENERATION OF HIS FATHERS - To be gathered to one’s own people, or to his fathers, is a common expression in the Old Testament in speaking of death. See Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:17;...
Psalms 49 Retrospects and Meditations _ 1. Hear this, all ye peoples! (Psalms 49:1)_ 2. His message of retrospect and encouragement (Psalms 49:5) If such is the outcome and the goal of the purpose...
XLIX. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psalms 49:20, and it probably stood originally after Psalms...
HE SHALL. [Yet] he shall, &c, continuing from Psalms 49:18. HIS: i.e. the man's. THEY: i.e. those fathers....
The rich man cannot carry his wealth with him when he dies. The thought already expressed in Psalms 49:10 is resumed and further developed....
_He shall go_ There should be a comma at the end of Psalms 49:18, as in R.V., for Psalms 49:19 forms the apodosis to it. The Heb. verb may be either the 3rd person fem., the subject being _the soul_,...
PSALMS 49 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Death and Redemption: Oppressed Saints Comforted and Oppressors Rebuked. ANALYSIS Startta I, Psalms 49:1-6, An Introduction, consisting of the Proem and the Problem. Sta...
_HE SHALL GO TO THE GENERATION OF HIS FATHERS; THEY SHALL NEVER SEE LIGHT._ He - or, 'it (the soul) shall go,' for the Hebrew verb is feminine. Hengstenberg takes it second person, 'THOU shalt go,' e...
49:19 It (l-1) i.e. his soul....
There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart from understanding. The rich man cannot deliver his f...
THEY SHALL NEVER SEE LIGHT] shall abide for ever in the darkness of Sheol....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
THEY SHALL NEVER. — Better, _who will never again look on the light, i.e._, “never live again,” implying, in contrast, a hope of a resurrection for the upright. (See Note Psalms 49:14.)...
_[Psalms 49:20]_ תָּ֭בֹוא עַד ־דֹּ֣ור אֲבֹותָ֑יו עַד...
Psalms 49:1 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application of that faith to alleviate the mystery of present inequal...
THE FOLLY OF TRUSTING IN RICHES Psalms 49:1 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voices unheard by ordinary ears. Be sure to listen to God's voi...
This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of material wealth, and a5rms that of uprightness. There...
(o) He shall go to the generation of his fathers; (p) they shall never see light. (o) And not pass the term appointed for life. (p) Both they and their fathers will live here but a while and at leng...
What a close is here made to the rich man's pomp! How terrible is death to all such characters! Wherein doth he differ from the brutes that perish? A mere animal life was all that belonged to both: an...
19_He shall come to the age of his fathers _He proceeds to show how false are the flatteries by which the wicked deceive themselves, and are deceived by others. Be they ever so intoxicated with the pr...
Psalms 49 is a moral conclusion for all, founded on these judgments of God. Wealth, elevation, all that is exalted in man, is nothing. Man expects to endure, gives his own name to his lands, blesses h...
HE SHALL GO TO THE GENERATION OF HIS FATHERS,.... Be gathered to them at death; or "to the dwelling place of his fathers" m; either the grave, or hell, or both; the habitation of his wicked ancestors:...
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Ver. 19. _He shall go to the generation of his fathers_] _i.e._ To the grave, or albeit he come to the age of his fathers, th...
_Though he blessed his soul_ That is, applauded himself as a wise and happy man. See Luke 12:19. _And men will praise thee_, &c. As he flatters himself, so he meets with parasites that applaud and fla...
HE SHALL GO: _ Heb._ the soul shall go...
15-20 Believers should not fear death. The distinction of men's outward conditions, how great soever in life, makes none at death; but the difference of men's spiritual states, though in this life it...
Now he returns again to the third person. Such sudden and repeated changes are frequent in this book. TO THE GENERATION OF HIS FATHERS, i.e. to the grave and hell, where he shall meet with his wicked...
Psalms 49:19 go H935 (H8799) generation H1755 fathers H1 never H3808 H5331 see H7200 (H8799) light...
THE UPRIGHT ARE NOT THEREFORE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE RICH SEEM TO FLOURISH, FOR IN THE END THE RICH WHO DO NOT HAVE TRUE UNDERSTANDING WILL SIMPLY PERISH LIKE THE BEASTS (PSALMS 49:16)...
The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic descripti...
CONTENTS: The despicable character of those who trust in their wealth. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is no security in the possession and enjoyment of wealth, for money cannot buy the...
Psalms 49:1. _Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world._ The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giving equal instruction to all mankind. Psalms 49:3. _M...
_Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased._ EMPTY-HANDED WE DEPART I remember an Eastern legend which I have always thought furnished a remarkable commentary...
_Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together._ THE INEQUALITIES OF SOCIETY Impressive and instructive that scene in the wood of Sen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:1. This is a wisdom psalm. In particular, it addresses the confusion that the faithful often feel when they encounter trouble even while unfaithful people seem to get alo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 49:13 God treats these two groups differently when they die. The unfaithful are LIKE SHEEP... APPOINTED FOR SHEOL, while GOD WILL RANSOM the faithful person’s soul fro
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah_.” See Introduction to Psalms 42. Both the author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are unk...
EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1, and Psalms 73:1. It deals with the same problem—the contrast between the lot of the righteous man, whom the wicked perse...
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understandin...
1 Kings 16:6; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Ecclesiastes 3:21; Genesis 15:15;...
He — Now he returns to the third person: such changes are frequent in this book. Go — To the grave and hell, where he shall meet with his wicked parents, who by their counsel and example, led him into...