Psalms 49:9

so that he might continue to live ¹  forever and not experience death. ² 

Ps 16:10; Ps 89:48; Pr 10:2; Pr 11:4; Ec 8:8; Zec 1:5; Lu 16:22,23; Joh 8:51,52; Ac 2:27,31; Ac 13:33,35-37

¹ tn The jussive verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive is taken as indicating purpose/result in relation to the statement made in v. 8. (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.

² 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; 103:4).