Psalms 49:8 · WEB
“For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,”
— Psalms 49:8
Speaker
Sons of Korah
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
wisdom_psalm
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
invaluable liferedemption costhuman limitation
This verse is part of Psalms 49. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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