Psalms 49:9
9so that he might continue to live ▼▼tn The jussive verbal form with
vav (
ו) conjunctive is taken as indicating purpose/result in relation to the statement made in v.
7. (On this use of the jussive after an imperfect, see GKC 322 §109.
f.) In this case v.
8 is understood as a parenthetical comment.
forever
and not experience death. ▼▼tn Heb “see the Pit.” The Hebrew term
שַׁחַת (
shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see
Pss 16:10;
30:9;
55:24 HT [
55:23 ET];
103:4).
