Psalm 49:1-9
One verse stuck out today, immediately, at first read: …for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice. (v. 8) I’m sure the psalmist had no idea what that ransom of any one life would really cost. The ransom for any one life would be the same as the ransom for all people for all time. Only Jesus’ death could pay that ransom – and He paid it, on the cross, in full! And we are they who receive that gift.
Why should I fear in times of trouble…? (v. 5a) Yes, why? For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)