Psalms 88:12
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
In Context
11Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
13But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
Cross References
Job 10:21before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Psalms 88:5set apart amongst the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
Matthew 8:12but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →