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10Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah.

Psalms 88:10

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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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