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Psalms 88:10

Death and lossDoubt

8 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.

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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BSB
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
KJV
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
WEB
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
ASV
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah
DARBY
Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
BLB
Will You work wonders for the dead? And if departed spirits rise up, do they thank You? Selah
ÅB
Mon du gjør undergjerninger for de døde, eller mon dødninger står opp og priser deg? Sela.
OTB
Vil du gjøre underverk for de døde?
Eller vil de avdøde ånder stå opp og prise deg?
Sela
B1930
Mon du gjør undergjerninger for de døde, eller mon dødninger står op og priser dig? Sela.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Psalms 6:5

    For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • 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.

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  • Job 14:7–12

    For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

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