Psalms 30:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 ¶ Wilt thou shew 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?
  • Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
  • Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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