Psalm 49:8

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

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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 loving-commitments, Which You swore to Dawiḏ in Your trustworthiness?

“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?