Psalms 88:10 · KJV
“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.”
— Psalms 88:10
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88 — Context
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Cross References
Psalms 6:5
For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead {men} shall live, {together with} my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew {is as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Psalms 30:9
What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Isaiah 38:18-19
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can {not} celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
1 Corinthians 15:52-57
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Luke 7:12-16
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Mark 5:35-36
While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's {house certain} which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
Psalms 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.