Verse 9

"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
• Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. 11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
• Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence; 18 But we will bless Yah, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Yah!
• Ps 118:17 : 17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
• Isa 38:18 : 18 For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.