Psalms 88:11

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

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KJV

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

YLT

Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

BSB

Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

DBT

Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?

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"Shall anyone declare in the sepulchre," and so forth. He shall not praise thee who is buried in the riches of the world, nor he who dwells in the ruin of sin.

Jerome· Homily 65, on Psalm 87 (Alternate Series), 420patristic

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Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

. Ver. 11. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Thy tender goodnesswho shall testify concerning it in that cold abode where the worm and corruption hold their riot? The living may indite "meditations among the Tombs", but the dead know nothing, and therefore can declare nothing. Or thy faithfulness in destruction? If the Lord suffered his servant to die before the divine promise was fulfilled, it would be quite impossible for his faithfulness to be proclaimed.

Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)reformed

But shall thy lovingkindness to thy people be declared in the grave, either by those or to those that lie buried there? And thy faithfulness to thy promise, shall that be told in destruction? shall thy wonders be wrought in the dark, or known there, and thy righteousness in the grave, which is the land of forgetfulness, where men remember nothing, nor are themselves remembered?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Psalms 89:1
I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
Job 10:21
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
Psalms 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
2 Peter 2:1
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Psalms 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Job 35:15
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

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About this book

Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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2 Peter 2:1
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
leads to
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Jude 1:4
  For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only…
- Deuteronomy 13:1–3
  If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- 2 Timothy 4:3
  For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
Through
Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
leads to
- Psalms 44:21
  would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Psalms 139:8
  If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

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