Psalms 88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 88 connects to 10 cross-references. A Korahite lament of Heman the Ezrahite, one of the darkest psalms in the Psalter, expressing unrelenting suffering and divine abandonment. Unlike most laments it contains no turn toward confidence or praise. The psalmist is counted among those going to …
Other Translations
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)
Cross References
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the …
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised …
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall …
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in …
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope …
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make …
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set …