Psalms 88:12
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
In Context
11Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
13And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
Cross References
Job 10:21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Psalms 88:5Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
Ecclesiastes 2:16That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
Matthew 8:12but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness — there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the 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 →