Psalms 49:14

“Like sheep--(compare Psa 49:12) unwittingly, they are laid--or, "put," &c. death shall feed on--or, better, "shall rule" them--as a shepherd (compare "feed," Psa 28:9, Margin). have dominion over--or, "subdue" them in the morning--suddenly, or in their turn. their beauty--literally, "form" or shape. shall consume--literally, "is for the consumption," that is, of the grave. from their dwelling--literally, "from their home (they go) to it," that is, the grave.”

“Like sheep they are laid in the grave - The allusion here is to a flock as “driven” forward by the shepherd; and the meaning is that they are driven forward to the grave, as it were, in flocks, or as a flock of sheep is driven by a shepherd. The word rendered “are laid” - שׁתוּ śatû - is probably not derived from the verb שׁות śûth, or שׁית śı̂yth, as our translators seem to have supposed, but from שׁתת śâthath, to set, or place; and the meaning is, “Like sheep they put them in Sheol, or the grave;” that is, they thrust or drive them down there. In other words, this is “done,” without intimating by whom it is done. They are urged forward; they are driven toward the tomb as a flock of…”

“Sheep - Which for a season are in sweet pastures, but at the owner's pleasure are led away to the slaughter. Death - The first death shall consume their bodies, and the second death shall devour their souls. The upright - Good men whom they abused at their pleasure. Morning - In the day of the general judgment, and the resurrection of the dead. Beauty - All their glory and felicity. Dwelling - They shall be hurried from their large and stately mansions, into a close and dark grave. Psalms 49:15”

“Like: Psa 44:11; Jer 12:3; Rom 8:36 they: Job 17:13, Job 17:14, Job 21:13, Job 21:26, Job 30:23; Ecc 12:7; Isa 38:10, Isa 38:11 death: Job 24:19, Job 24:20 upright: Psa 47:3; Dan 7:22; Mal 4:3; Luk 22:30; Co1 6:2; Rev 2:26, Rev 2:27, Rev 20:4, Rev 20:5 morning: Psa 30:5; Hos 6:3 their: Psa 39:11; Job 4:21 beauty: or, strength in the grave: etc. or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them, Job 30:23 Psalms 49:15”