Psalm 88:10 “Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to prais…”

Psalm 88:10

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

World English Bible

Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.

American Standard Version

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah.

Darby Translation

Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

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Cross references

“Wilt thou”

Psalm 6:5 Psalm 30:9 Psalm 115:17 Psalm 118:17 Isaiah 38:18 Isaiah 38:19

Psalm 6:5 · BSB

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

Psalm 30:9 · BSB

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Psalm 115:17 · BSB

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

Psalm 118:17 · BSB

I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

Isaiah 38:18 · BSB

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:19 · BSB

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

“shall”

Isaiah 26:19 1 Corinthians 15:52–57 Job 14:7–12 Ezekiel 37:1–14 Luke 7:12–16

Isaiah 26:19 · BSB

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

1 Corinthians 15:52–57 · BSB

in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Job 14:7–12 · BSB

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

Ezekiel 37:1–14 · BSB

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

Luke 7:12–16 · BSB

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?

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