Psalm 49

A wisdom psalm about money and death, addressed to rich and poor alike. No one can buy their way out of death; the wise and the foolish both leave their wealth behind. The one bright line is that God will redeem the psalmist from Sheol and "take me." It's a needed corrective for anxiety about money.

"But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah" (Psalm 49:15)

Versions/Hebrew: "take me" in 49:15 is yiqqacheni from laqach [3947], the same verb used when God "took" Enoch (Genesis 5:24).