Psalms 30:9
What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord, and praied to my Lord.
10Heare, O Lord, and haue mercy vpon me: Lord, be thou mine helper.
Cross References
Psalms 66:17I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.
Psalms 115:17The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.
Ecclesiastes 9:10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue 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 →