Psalm 30:9

New Century Version

I said, “What good will it do if I die or if I go down to the grave? Dust cannot praise you; it cannot speak about your truth.

Cross References

Psalm 118:17

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

Psalm 6:5

Dead people don’t remember you; those in the grave don’t praise you.

Psalm 66:17

I cried out to him with my mouth and praised him with my tongue.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Isaiah 38:18

People in the place of the dead cannot praise you; those who have died cannot sing praises to you; those who die don’t trust you to help them.