Psalms 30:9
7 O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
10 Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
11 You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- 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?
- WEB
- “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
- ASV
- What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- DARBY
- What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- BLB
- “What profit [is] in my blood, in my going down to the Pit? Will the dust confess You? Will it declare Your truth?
- ÅB
- «Hva vinning er det i mitt blod,
i at jeg farer ned i graven?
Kan støvet prise deg?
Kan det forkynne din trofasthet? - OTB
- “Hva nytte er det i min død, om jeg går ned i graven?
Vil støvet prise Deg? Vil det forkynne Din trofasthet? - B1930
- Hvad vinning er der i mitt blod, i at jeg farer ned i graven? Mon støvet vil prise dig, vil det forkynne din trofasthet?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
Read in contextIsaiah 38:18
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Read in contextPsalms 115:17–18
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
Read in contextPsalms 118:17
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
Read in contextPsalms 88:10–12
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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