Verse 9

“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
• Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah) 11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? 12 Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
• Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. 18 But we will praise the LORD now and forevermore. Praise the LORD!
• Ps 118:17 : 17 I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
• Isa 38:18 : 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.