Psalm 30:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I said, “What good is it if I die and go down to the grave? The dead just lie in the dirt. They cannot praise you. They cannot tell anyone how faithful you are.

Cross References

Psalm 6:5

If I am dead, I cannot sing about you. Those in the grave don’t praise you.

Isaiah 38:18

The dead cannot praise you. People in Sheol cannot sing praises to you. Those who have died and gone below are not trusting in your faithfulness.

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 the place of death.

Psalm 118:17

I will live and not die, and I will tell what the Lord has done.

Psalm 66:17

I cried out to him for help, and I praised him. If I had been hiding sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened to me.