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Psalm 30:9 KJV
Psalms · chapter 30 · verse 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?Psalm 30:9 · King James Version
Psalm 30:9 in context
7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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Key words (Strong's)
- declarenâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- profitbetsaʻplunderH1215 →
- praiseyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- dustʻâphârdustH6083 →
- pitshachatha pitH7845 →
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We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states - what he said and did, and how his heart stood affected; in the first of these we may see what we are too apt to be, and in the other two what we should be.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-12