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Psalm 49:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ For the redemption of their lives is costly, And it shall cease forever;

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⁸ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, And it ceaseth for ever:)

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⁸ For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice–

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⁸ (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever),

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⁸ The price to save someone’s life is too high— wealth will never be enough—

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⁸ I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.

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or, ‘Rescue me from the hand of the enemy?’ or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?

יהוה, where are Your former kindnesses, Which You swore to Dawiḏ

“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?