Psalms 88:10
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
In Context
9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Cross References
Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
Psalms 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Mark 5:35While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
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 →