Psalm 30:9
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
KJV
Read in Psalm 30Meaning
The question about profit in the speaker’s blood and whether dust can praise is rhetorical prayer from the edge of death; it argues for continued life and praise rather than settling the whole biblical doctrine of death and resurrection.
Read carefully
The question about profit in the speaker’s blood and whether dust can praise is rhetorical prayer from the edge of death; it argues for continued life and praise rather than settling the whole biblical doctrine of death and resurrection.
Reflection
The question about profit in the speaker’s blood and whether dust can praise is rhetorical prayer from the edge of death; it argues for continued life and praise rather than settling the whole biblical doctrine of death and resurrection.