Psalms 30:9

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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 arg...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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 16...
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....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 m...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 is there in my blo...
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?...
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....
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...
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 H...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 30:1-12 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A S...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Joy Cometh in the Morning” Psalms 30:1-12 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11 . What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar...
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 phra...
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 continuall...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 profit...
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 ther...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer and Praise. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be mo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

His Prayer For Deliverance ( Psalms 30:8-10 ). Psalms 30:8-10 I cried to you, O YHWH, And to YHWH I made supplication, What profit is there i...
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 pr...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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...
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 “Psa...
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 ind...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two un...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompanim...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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, hi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Isaiah 38:18 ; Psalms 115:17 ; Psalms 115:18 ; Psalms 118:17 ; Psalms 6:5 ; Psalms 88:10-12

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 30:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 30:9