What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit! shall the [a]dust give thanks unto thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou mine helper.

11 Thou hast turned my mourning into joy: thou hast loosed my sack, and girded me with gladness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:9 David meaneth that the dead are not profitable to the Congregation of the Lord here in the earth: therefore he would live to praise his Name, which is the end of man’s creation.

“What is gained if I am silenced,
    if I go down to the pit?(A)
Will the dust praise you?
    Will it proclaim your faithfulness?(B)
10 Hear,(C) Lord, and be merciful to me;(D)
    Lord, be my help.(E)

11 You turned my wailing(F) into dancing;(G)
    you removed my sackcloth(H) and clothed me with joy,(I)

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