Psalms 88:10-12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Namely, in raising them to life again in this world? No: I know thou wilt not. And therefore now hear and help me, or it will be too late. Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Namely, among mortal men in this world? Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? &c. I am not without hopes, that thou bearest a real good-will toward me, and wilt faithfully perform thy gracious promises made to me, and to all that love thee, and call upon thee in truth, but then this must be done speedily, or I shall be utterly incapable of receiving such a mercy. Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? In the grave, which is called the land of darkness, Job 10:21-22. Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? The grave, so called, either, 1st, Because there men forget and neglect all the concerns of this life, being indeed but dead carcasses without any sense or remembrance. Or, rather, 2d, Because there men are forgotten even by their nearest relations.