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They trust in their wealth
    and boast of great riches.
Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[a]
    by paying a ransom to God.
Redemption does not come so easily,
    for no one can ever pay enough

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Footnotes

  1. 49:7 Some Hebrew manuscripts read no one can redeem the life of another.

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