Psalms 30:9 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 30:9

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 profitable to a man's self by way of merit; it does not atone for sin, satisfy justice, and merit heaven; even the death of martyrs, and of such who shed their blood, died in the cause of Christ, and for his sake, is not meritorious; it does not profit in such sense: there is profit in no blood but in the blood of Christ, by which peace is made, pardon procured, and redemption obtained.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The promises of God's covenant cannot be performed to the dust. "Lord," says David, "if I die now, what will become of the promise made to me? Who shall declare the truth of that?" The best pleas in prayer are those that are taken from God's honour; and then we ask aright for life when we have that in view, that we may live and praise him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

In this verse we learn the form and method of David's prayer. It was an argument with God, an urging of reasons, a pleading of his cause. It was not a statement of doctrinal opinions, nor a narration of experience, much less a sly hit at other people under pretence of praying to God, although all these things and worse have been substituted for holy supplication at certain prayer meetings. He wrestled with the angel of the covenant with vehement pleadings, and therefore he prevailed.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
בֶּ֥צַע	Be.tza'	[is the] profit	H1215 →
בְּדָמִי֮	be.da.Mi	in blood my	H1818 →
בְּרִדְתִּ֪י	be.rid.Ti	in going down my	H3381 →
אֶ֫ל־	'El-	to	H413 →
שָׁ֥חַת	Sha.chat	[the] pit	H7845 →
הֲיוֹדְךָ֥	ha.yod.Kha	¿ will it give thanks to you	H3034 →
עָפָ֑ר	'a.Far	dust	H6083 →
הֲיַגִּ֥יד	ha.ya.Gid	¿ will it declare	H5046 →
אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃	'a.mi.Te.kha	faithfulness your	H571 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 88:10–12
  Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
- Psalms 115:17
  It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
Through
Psalms 118:17
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
leads to
- Psalms 6:5
  For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 11:4
  When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- Psalms 71:17–18
  O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Isaiah 38:16–20
  O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
- Habakkuk 1:12
  Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

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

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms