Psalms 30:9 · KJV
“What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
— Psalms 30:9
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Psalms 30 — Context
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}
8I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Cross References
Psalms 6:5
For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms 115:17-18
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can {not} celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Psalms 118:17
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Psalms 88:10-12
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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.