Psalms 30:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 30:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 30:9 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 30:9 — 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?”
— Psalms 30:9 (KJV)
Psalms 30:9 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 30:9
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 30:9: down, pit, praise
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 30:9: down, pit, dust
“And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. unicorns: or, rhinocerots soaked: or, drunken”
Shares key themes with Psalms 30:9: blood, down, dust
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; set forth: or, foreordained remission: or, passing over”
Shares key themes with Psalms 30:9: blood, pit, declare
“But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall...: Heb. shall not half their days”
Shares key themes with Psalms 30:9: blood, down, pit
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