Psalms 30:9
“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
8I cried to you, LORD. I made supplication to the Lord:
10Hear, LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper.”
Cross References
Psalms 66:17I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 115:17The dead don’t praise the LORD, nor any who go down into silence,
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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 →