Verse 9

What profit{H1215} is there in my blood{H1818}, when I go down{H3381}{(H8800)} to the pit{H7845}? Shall the dust{H6083} praise{H3034}{(H8686)} thee? shall it declare{H5046}{(H8686)} thy truth{H571}?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death{H4194} there is no remembrance{H2143} of thee: in the grave{H7585} who shall give thee thanks{H3034}{(H8686)}?
• Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou shew{H6213}{H8799)} wonders{H6382} to the dead{H4191}{H8801)}? shall the dead{H7496} arise{H6965}{H8799)} and praise{H3034}{H8686)} thee? Selah{H5542}. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness{H2617} be declared{H5608}{H8792)} in the grave{H6913}? or thy faithfulness{H530} in destruction{H11}? 12 Shall thy wonders{H6382} be known{H3045}{H8735)} in the dark{H2822}? and thy righteousness{H6666} in the land{H776} of forgetfulness{H5388}?
• Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead{H4191}{(H8801)} praise{H1984}{(H8762)} not the LORD{H3050}, neither any that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into silence{H1745}. 18 But we will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} the LORD{H3050} from this time forth and for{H5704} evermore{H5769}. Praise{H1984}{(H8761)} the LORD{H3050}.
• Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die{H4191}{(H8799)}, but live{H2421}{(H8799)}, and declare{H5608}{(H8762)} the works{H4639} of the LORD{H3050}.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand{H3027} findeth{H4672}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)}, do{H6213}{(H8798)} it with thy might{H3581}; for there is no work{H4639}, nor device{H2808}, nor knowledge{H1847}, nor wisdom{H2451}, in the grave{H7585}, whither thou goest{H1980}{(H8802)}.
• Isa 38:18 : 18 For the grave{H7585} cannot praise{H3034}{(H8686)} thee, death{H4194} can not celebrate{H1984}{(H8762)} thee: they that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into the pit{H953} cannot hope{H7663}{(H8762)} for thy truth{H571}.