Psalm 30:9 Parallel Translations

"How will you profit if my blood is shed, if I go into the pit? Will the dust of my body give thanks to you? Will it tell about your truth?"(GOD'S WORD®)

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?

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?

BBE:

What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

DBY:

What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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?

YLT:

What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

Psalm 30:9 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 6:5 For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks?

Psalm 28:1 A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

30:9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the {k} dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
(k) David means that the dead are not profitable to the congregation of the Lord here in the earth: therefore he would live to praise his Name, which is the end of man's creation.

WES:

30:9 Profit - What wilt thou gain by it? The dust - Shall they that are dead celebrate thy goodness in the land of the living? Or, shall my dust praise thee?

MHC:

30:6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide his face, a good man is troubled, though no other calamity befal him. But if God, in wisdom and justice, turn from us, it will be the greatest folly if we turn from him. No; let us learn to pray in the dark. The sanctified spirit, which returns to God, shall praise him, shall be still praising him; but the services of God's house cannot be performed by the dust; it cannot praise him; there is none of that device or working in the grave, for it is the land of silence. We ask aright for life, when we do so that we may live to praise him. In due time God delivered the psalmist out of his troubles. Our tongue is our glory, and never more so than when employed in praising God. He would persevere to the end in praise, hoping that he should shortly be where this would be the everlasting work. But let all beware of carnal security. Neither outward prosperity, nor inward peace, here, are sure and lasting. The Lord, in his favour, has fixed the believer's safety firm as the deep-rooted mountains, but he must expect to meet with temptations and afflictions. When we grow careless, we fall into sin, the Lord hides his face, our comforts droop, and troubles assail us.

CONC:

Blood Corruption Death Declare Destruction Dust Faithfulness Gain Pit Praise Proclaim Profit Thank Truth Underworld Witness

Blood Corruption Death Declare Destruction Dust Faithfulness Gain Help Pit Praise Proclaim Profit Thank Truth Underworld Witness

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