Psalms 88:10
Canst thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise, and praise thee? [[Pause.]]
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
In Context
11Shall thy goodness be declared in the grave, Or thy faithfulness in the place of corruption?
Cross References
Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender branches will not fail;
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?
Psalms 115:17The dead praise not the LORD,—No one who goeth down into silence.
Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee; My soul thirsteth for thee, like a parched land.
Isaiah 38:18For the under-world cannot praise thee; The realms of death cannot celebrate thee; They that go down to the pit cannot wait for thy faithfulness.
Mark 5:35While he was yet speaking, there came from the house I of the ruler of the synagogue some who said, Thy daughter is dead; why dost thou trouble the Teacher any further?
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 →