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10 [a]“What gain is there from my lifeblood,
    from my going down to the grave?
Does dust give you thanks
    or declare your faithfulness?

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  1. 30:10 In the stillness of Sheol no one gives you praise; let me live and be among your worshipers, cf. Ps 6:6; 88:11–13; 115:17; Is 38:18.

11 [a]Do you work wonders for the dead?
    Do the shades arise and praise you?(A)
Selah

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  1. 88:11–13 The psalmist seeks to persuade God to act out of concern for divine honor: the shades give you no worship, so keep me alive to offer you praise.

17 [a]The dead do not praise the Lord,
    not all those go down into silence.(A)

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  1. 115:17 See note on Ps 6:5.

18 [a]For it is not Sheol that gives you thanks,
    nor death that praises you;
Neither do those who go down into the pit
    await your kindness.(A)

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  1. 38:18–19 See note on Ps 6:6.