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10Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. …
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-18)In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Ps. 88:10-12): “ Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead , and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee ? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should th…
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