Psalms 30:9

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What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

What profit {H1215} is there in my blood {H1818}, when I go down {H3381} to the pit {H7845}? Shall the dust {H6083} praise {H3034} thee? shall it declare {H5046} thy truth {H571}?

"What advantage is there in my death, in my going down to the pit? Can the dust praise you? Can it proclaim your truth?

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

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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Psalms 6:5

For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
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.
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.
Psalms 115:17

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms 115:18

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
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.

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