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.d. To what purpose have I lived, since religion is not yet settled? In my death (say others, and better), violent death especially, and out of thy favour? Now, all believers have ever abhorred such a kind of death before they were reconciled to God, and had a true feeling of his grace (Diodati).
Shall the dust praise thee? &c.] See Psalms 6:6. See Trapp on " Psa 6:6 "