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Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Of what use would he be to Jehovah in the grave? Shall the dust praise Thee? namely, himself, when turned to dust. Shall it declare Thy truth? This he considered the main purpose of his life, to sing praises to God, to make known His faithfulness. Of this praise God would deprive Himself if He would cut off his life at this time.

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See also Psalms 30:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 30:9. _WHAT PROFIT_ IS THERE _IN MY BLOOD_] My being cut off will not magnify thy mercy. Let not the sword, therefore, come against me. If spared and pardoned, I will declare thy truth;...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHAT PROOF IS THERE IN MY BLOOD - That is, What profit or advantage would there be to thee if I should die? What would be “gained” by it? The argument which the psalmist urges is that he could better...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 30 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for deliverance (Psalms 30:1)_ 2. Past experience (Psalms 30:6) Psalms 30:1. The inscr

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXX. TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN SELF. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (p....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHAT PROFIT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. IS THERE. Supply "[will there be]". BLOOD. soul. Compare Leviticus 17:11. THE PIT. Hebrew. _Shachath_. destruction (Psalms 55:23;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    By trouble he learnt whence his strength came, and betook himself to prayer. Psalms 30:9 are the words of his prayer....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    What advantage would it be to Thee to slay me? Nay, Thou wouldest lose Thy servant's praises. For the form of the question cp. Job 22:3. The same motive is appealed to in Hezekiah's prayer, Isaiah 38:...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHAT PROFIT, &C.— _What gain can there be by my blood? When I go down into the pit, can my dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?_ There is a propriety in asking, _Shall the dust praise th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 30 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Joy on Recovery from Sickness. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 30:1-3, Declaration of Praise and its Occasion. Stanza II., Psalms 30:4-5, Call on Levites to Praise,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHAT PROFIT IS THERE IN MY BLOOD, WHEN I GO DOWN TO THE PIT? SHALL THE DUST PRAISE THEE? SHALL IT DECLARE THY TRUTH?_ What profit ... ? - (cf. Psalms 30:3.) God would lose the grateful homage of pra...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    30:9 praise (g-18) Or 'give thanks to;' and so ver. 12....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; _a Psalm_ of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from a...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHAT PROFIT... — _i.e.,_ to God. For the conception of death as breaking the covenant relation between Israel and Jehovah, and so causing loss to Him as well as to them (for Sheôl had its own king or...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 30:10]_ מַה ־בֶּ֥צַע בְּ דָמִי֮ בְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 30:1 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probably indic...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING” Psalms 30:1 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11. What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should lift Him up...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leave...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the (k) dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (k) David means that the dead are not profitable to the congregation of the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Place. The psalms were commonly composed after the danger was over. David had escaped the lance and the servants of Saul. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jesus's strong crying and tears were so important a part in his mission, that the Holy Ghost seems to be directing the church to keep them continually in view. And he generally blends with them the tr...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._What profit is there in my blood? _Some explain the verse after this manner: What will it avail me to have lived, unless thou prolongest my life till I shall have finished the course of my vocation...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 30 we have the contrast between trust in prosperity even in that given of God and in God Himself. He has come in and lifted up the poor, and not left him to his foes. His favor is life. If a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHAT PROFIT [IS THERE] IN MY BLOOD?.... Should that be shed, and he die by the hands of his enemies, through divine permission: death is not profitable to a man's self by way of merit; it does not ato...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Ver. 9. _What profit is there in my blood, &c._] _i.e._ In my life, say some; _q...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _What profit is there in my blood_ In my violent, or immature death? What advantage will it be to thee, or thy cause and people, or to any of mankind? _When I go down to the pit_ When I die, and my bo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHAT PROFIT IS THERE, to wit, unto thee? as the latter part of the verse explains it. What wilt thou gain by it? IN MY BLOOD, i.e. in my violent death, as _blood_ is frequently used, as Genesis 37:26...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 30:9 profit H1215 blood H1818 down H3381 (H8800) pit H7845 dust H6083 praise H3034 (H8686) declare...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE (PSALMS 30:8). Psalms 30:8 I cried to you, O YHWH, And to YHWH I made supplication, What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise y...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should hem all our blessings with praise lest they unravel. Let us never forget to pray, nor ever doubt the succes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The title is, _a psalm and song._ Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved._ THE CONDITIONS AND ACTS OF LIFE, THE SPRINGS OF SOLEMN ISSUES These verses may be taken as indicating the tendencies of certain conditions and acti...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up._ A PSALM OF DELIVERANCE The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward inser...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:1. According to the title, David composed Psalms 30:1 for the temple’s dedication (which took place after David died,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:8 The mere prolonging of earthly days is not the goal of deliverance. The faithful live to PRAISE God, to TELL OF his FAITHFULNESS....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven verses....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    I will extol thee, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and you've not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the g...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 9:10; Isaiah 38:18; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 115:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Profit — What wilt thou gain by it? The dust — Shall they that are dead celebrate thy goodness in the land of the living? Or, shall my dust praise thee?...

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