New King James Version
Psalms 88:10
10Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You? Selah
Psalms 88:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
Context of Psalms 88:10
8You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out; 9My eye wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You. Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You? Selah 11Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 12Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:10 word by word
הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:10
- Psalms 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
- Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?
- Psalms 115:17The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
- Psalms 118:17I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.
- Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
- Mark 5:35While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”
- Job 14:7“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
- Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
- Luke 7:12And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead! - מתים methim, dead men. Shall the dead - רפאים rephaim, "the manes or departed spirits." Arise and praise thee? - Any more in this life? The interrogations in this and the two following verses imply the strongest negations.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? - The wonders - or the things suited to excite admiration - which the living behold. Shall the dead see those things which here tend to excite reverence for thee, and which lead people to worship thee? The idea is that the dead will be cut off from all the privileges which attend the living on earth; or, that those in the grave cannot contemplate the character and the greatness of God. He urges this as a reason why he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favours in comfort, nor return them in praise. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the more so, because deliverance did not come speedily. Though our prayers are not soon answered, yet we must not give over praying. The greater our troubles, the more earnest and serious we should be in prayer. Nothing grieves…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. shall the dead--the remains of ghosts. arise--literally, "rise up," that is, as dead persons.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 88
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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