Psalms 30:9
(30:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the grave? Shall the dust thank thee? shall it announce thy truth?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8(30:9) Unto thee, O Lord, will I call; and unto the Lord will I make supplication.
10(30:11) Hear, O Lord, and be gracious unto me: Lord, be thou a helper unto me.
Cross References
Psalms 66:17Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.
Psalms 115:17Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence [of death].
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do with thy might, that do; for there is no work, nor experience, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the nether world, whither thou goest.—
Matthew Henry on Psalms 30:7-12
Prayer and Praise. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 Lord , by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? 10 Hear, O Lord , and have mercy upon me: Lord , be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my… Read the whole commentary →