For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice–
To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?