or give to God a ransom for them—
the ransom for a life is costly,
no payment is ever enough—
so that they should live on forever
and not see decay.
In the midst of this psalm about mortality, we get these three verses on the futility of trying to save yourself or anyone else. You CANNOT redeem the life of another. You CANNOT save them. No one can.
So it is interesting to think, then, that the entire plan of God for salvation relies on one man redeeming all men. If no payment is enough to redeem one life, how could there possibly be enough payment for all men (and women)?
Yet, Jesus gives His life as ransom for us all. One man's life WAS payment enough, after all. But this does not negate the truth of this psalm.
No, it shows how great the worth of the life of Jesus was- greater than any payment known to man.
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