Psalms 30:9

WEB

⁹“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

KJV

⁹What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

BSB

⁹“What gain is there in my bloodshed,^[+] in my descent to the Pit?^[+] Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

FBV

⁹What would you gain if I die, if I go down into the pit of death? Would my dust praise you? Would it tell of your trustworthiness?

Extra References

Psalms 6:5

⁵For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol,^[+] who shall give you thanks?

Isaiah 38:18

¹⁸For Sheol^[+] can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Psalms 115:17-18

¹⁷The dead don’t praise the LORD,^[+] nor any who go down into silence, ¹⁸but we will bless the LORD,^[+] from this time forward and forever more. Praise the LORD!

¹⁰Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah. ¹¹Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? ¹²Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 118:17

¹⁷I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,^[+] where you are going.