I will live and not die.\par And I will tell what the Lord has done.\par
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 Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit (the grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth and faithfulness to men? American Standard Version (1901) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Common English Bible “What is to be gained by my spilled blood, by my going down into the pit? Does dust thank you? Does it proclaim your faithfulness? Catholic Public Domain Version And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place. |
I will live and not die.\par And I will tell what the Lord has done.\par
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
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\}.
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