Psalms 89:48

89:48 No man can live on without experiencing death,

or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. ¹  (Selah)

Psalms 103:11

103:11 For as the skies are high above the earth,

so his loyal love towers ²  over his faithful followers. ³ 

Psalms 117:2

117:2 For his loyal love towers ⁴  over us,

and the Lord’s faithfulness endures.

Praise the Lord!

[89:48]  ¹ tn Heb “Who [is] the man [who] can live and not see death, [who] can deliver his life from the hand of Sheol?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”

[103:11]  ² tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.

[103:11]  ³ tn Heb “those who fear him.”

[117:2]  ³ tn For this sense of the Hebrew verb גָּבַר (gavar), see Ps 103:11 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.