Psalm 30:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Cross References

Psalm 118:17

I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.

Psalm 6:5

For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?

Psalm 66:17

I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot praise you; those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.