They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.(A)
Yet these cannot redeem a person[a]
or pay his ransom to God(B)
since the price of redeeming him is too costly,
one should forever stop trying[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:7 Or Certainly he cannot redeem himself, or Yet he cannot redeem a brother
  2. Psalm 49:8 Or costly, it will cease forever

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