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Psalms 30:9-10

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30:9 “What 1  profit is there in taking my life, 2 

in my descending into the Pit? 3 

Can the dust of the grave 4  praise you?

Can it declare your loyalty? 5 

30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!

O Lord, deliver me!” 6 

1 sn The following two verses (vv. 9-10) contain the prayer (or an excerpt of the prayer) that the psalmist offered to the Lord during his crisis.

2 tn Heb “What profit [is there] in my blood?” “Blood” here represents his life.

3 tn The Hebrew term שָׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 49:9; 55:24; 103:4).

4 tn Heb “dust.” The words “of the grave” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

5 tn The rhetorical questions anticipate the answer, “Of course not!”

sn According to the OT, those who descend into the realm of death/Sheol are cut off from God’s mighty deeds and from the worshiping covenant community that experiences divine intervention (Pss 6:5; 88:10-12; Isa 38:18). In his effort to elicit a positive divine response, the psalmist reminds God that he will receive no praise or glory if he allows the psalmist to die. Dead men do not praise God!

6 tn Heb “be a helper to me.”



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