Psalms 88:10

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

King James Version

In Context

9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

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Cross References

Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 115:17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Mark 5:35While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master 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 →

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