John Gill Commentary Psalms 49:9

"That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption." — Psalms 49:9 (ASV)

That he should still live for ever
Or "though he should live" ^F23 . Though the rich man should live ever so long, a thousand years twice told, as in (Ecclesiastes 6:6); yet he could not in all this time, with all his riches, redeem his brother; and at last must die himself, and so must his brother too, as his own experience and observation may assure him, (Psalms 49:10). Or the meaning is, he cannot so redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for him, that he should live a corporeal life for ever, and never die; since all men die, wise men and fools, rich and poor; and much less that he should live and enjoy an "eternal life", as the Targum; a life of happiness and bliss hereafter, which is not to be obtained by gold and silver, but is the pure gift of God;

[and] not see corruption ;
the grave, the pit of corruption, the house appointed for all living: or "the judgment of hell", according to the Chaldee paraphrase.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: (yhyw) "etiamsi vivat", Gejerus.