Psalm 49:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶those who trust in their wealth
    and boast of the abundance of their riches?
⁷Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life,^[a]
    there is no price one can give to God for it.
⁸For the ransom of life is costly,
    and can never suffice,

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Psalm 49:7 Another reading is no one can ransom a brother

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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