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Death: The Great Equalizer
Commentators highlight that this verse powerfully declares the universality of death. The original Hebrew uses a word for "man" that implies a hero or strong champion. The point is emphatic: no one, regardless of their power, wealth, or status, can escape physical death or deliver themselves from the power of the grave (Sheol).
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 89:48
18th Century
Theologian
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? - Shall not die - to see death being an expression often used to denote death …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 89:48
19th Century
Bishop
What man. —Rather, What hero, or champion, or great man. The word is used of a king ([Reference Jeremia…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 89:47–48
19th Century
Preacher
The brevity of life makes it all the more important that we should waste none of it, and that we should appeal to the Lord to intervene speedily on…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 89:48
16th Century
Theologian
What man shall live, and shall not see death? This verse contains a confirmation of what has already been stated concerning the brevity of…
John Gill
On Psalms 89:48
17th Century
Pastor
What man is he that lives, and will not see death ?
&c.] Every living man must die; as sure as a man lives, so sure …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 89:38–52
17th Century
Minister
Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with His promises, yet we are sure that God's works fulfill His word. When the great Anoint…