Psalm 49:7-9

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NRSV

⁷ Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life,^[a]
    there is no price one can give to God for it.
⁸ For the ransom of life is costly,
    and can never suffice,
⁹ that one should live on forever
    and never see the grave.^[b]

[a] Another reading is no one can ransom a brother

[b] Heb the pit

KJV

⁷ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
⁸ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
⁹ That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

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