Psalm 30:9

Good News Translation

“What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?

Cross References

Psalm 118:17

I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.

Psalm 6:5

In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.

Psalm 66:17

I cried to him for help; I praised him with songs.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Isaiah 38:18

No one in the world of the dead can praise you; The dead cannot trust in your faithfulness.