Psalm 89:48
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What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah
What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
What man can live and not see death? Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.
What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]!
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
Who lives their life without seeing death? Who is ever rescued from the grip of the grave? Selah
Remember how little time I have! Was it for no purpose that you created all humanity?
No one can escape the power of death and the grave.
What man liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Is there anyone alive who will never die? Will anyone escape the grave? Selah
Nobody can continue to live and never die. Nobody can escape from the power of death.
Can anyone live and not see death, Interlude or save his life from the power of the grave?
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
What person alive will not ·die [L see death]? Who can escape ·the grave [L from the hand/power of Sheol; C the grave or the underworld]? ·Selah [Interlude]
What man liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah
Who can live and never die? How can we humans keep ourselves from the grave?
What man can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah
What man alive will not die? Can he escape the grave? Selah
What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude
What man is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah.
What man can live on and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of Sheol? Selah
No man can live forever. All will die. Who can rescue his life from the power of the grave?
But God, you did walk off and leave us, you lost your temper with the one you anointed. You tore up the promise you made to your servant, you stomped his crown in the mud. You blasted his home to kingdom come, reduced his city to a pile of rubble Picked clean by wayfaring strangers, a joke to all the neighbors. You declared a holiday for all his enemies, and they’re celebrating for all they’re worth. Angry, you opposed him in battle, refused to fight on his side; You robbed him of his splendor, humiliated this warrior, ground his kingly honor in the dirt. You took the best years of his life and left him an impotent, ruined husk. How long do we put up with this, God? Are you gone for good? Will you hold this grudge forever? Remember my sorrow and how short life is. Did you create men and women for nothing but this? We’ll see death soon enough. Everyone does. And there’s no back door out of hell. So where is the love you’re so famous for, Lord? What happened to your promise to David? Take a good look at your servant, dear Lord; I’m the butt of the jokes of all nations, The taunting jokes of your enemies, God, as they dog the steps of your dear anointed. Blessed be God forever and always! Yes. Oh, yes.
What man can live and not see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
Can a mortal go on living and never see death? Who can set himself free from the power of the grave? Selah
Remember how brief life is, how frail the sons of man you have created!
What man can live and not see death? Can he save his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Remember how brief is my span of life and how weak you have made all mortals.
What person alive will not die? Who can escape the grave? Selah
No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)
Who can live and not die? Who can escape the power of the grave?
Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave?
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power of the grave? Selah
What man can live and not see death? Can he save himself from the power of the grave?
No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave. Interlude
Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol?Selah
Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol?Selah
Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol?Selah
Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah
What gever is he that liveth, and shall not see mavet? Shall he deliver his nefesh from the yad Sheol (power of Sheol)? Selah.
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah
What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?Selah
Remember how short my life span is! For what futility have You created all the children of men?
Death waits at the gate; who can escape and live? Does the grave hold exceptions for any of us? Who can deliver us from the power of the grave? [pause]
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Who is a man, that shall live, and shall not see death; shall (he) deliver his soul from the hand of hell? (What man shall live, and shall not see death? can he save his soul from the power of Sheol, or the land of the dead?/from the power of the grave?)
Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.
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