Psalms 30:9
“What will my blood profit thee, that I should go down to the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8I cried unto thee, O LORD! To the LORD I made supplication:
10Hear, O LORD! and have pity upon me! Be thou, LORD! my helper!”
Cross References
Psalms 66:17I called upon him with my mouth, And praise is now upon my tongue.
Psalms 115:17The dead praise not the LORD,—No one who goeth down into silence.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-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 →