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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, King James Version

In context

8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

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?

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

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