Psalms 88:10

(88-11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

In Context

9(88-10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

11(88-12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?

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Cross References

Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Psalms 30:9(30-10) 'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

Psalms 115:17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands unto Thee; my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a weary land. Selah

Isaiah 38:18For the nether-world cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10

Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →

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