Psalm 30:9

Easy To Read Version

I said, “God, what good is it if I die\par and go down into the grave?\par Dead people just lie in the dirt!\par They don’t praise you.\par They don’t tell people\par how much we can depend on you.\par

Cross References

Psalm 118:17

I will live and not die.\par And I will tell what the Lord has done.\par

Psalm 6:5

Dead people in their graves\par don’t remember you.\par People in the place of death\par don’t praise you.\par \{So heal me!\}\par

Psalm 66:17

I prayed to him.\par I praised him.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Isaiah 38:18

Dead people don’t sing praises to you.\par People in Sheol {\cf2\super [368]} don’t praise you.\par Dead people don’t trust you to help them.\par They go into a hole in the ground,\par \{and never speak again\}.\par