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Psalm 49:7-9
Contemporary English Version

7 You cannot buy back your life
    or pay off God!
8 It costs far too much
    to buy back your life.
You can never pay God enough
9 to stay alive forever
    and safe from death.

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Psalm 49:7-9
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7 No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
8 the ransom(A) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—(B)
9 so that they should live on(C) forever
    and not see decay.(D)

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