George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 30:9
Place. The psalms were commonly composed after the danger was over. David had escaped the lance and the servants of Saul. (Calmet)
Place. The psalms were commonly composed after the danger was over. David had escaped the lance and the servants of Saul. (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 30:9. _WHAT PROFIT_ IS THERE _IN MY BLOOD_] My being cut off will not magnify thy mercy. Let not the sword, therefore, come against me. If spared and pardoned, I will declare thy truth;...
WHAT PROOF IS THERE IN MY BLOOD - That is, What profit or advantage would there be to thee if I should die? What would be “gained” by it? The argument which the psalmist urges is that he could better...
Psalms 30 A Psalm of Praise _ 1. Praise for deliverance (Psalms 30:1)_ 2. Past experience (Psalms 30:6) Psalms 30:1. The inscr
XXX. TRUST IN GOD, NOT IN SELF. The Ps. was not intended originally, as the title suggests, for the purification and dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C. after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (p....
WHAT PROFIT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. IS THERE. Supply "[will there be]". BLOOD. soul. Compare Leviticus 17:11. THE PIT. Hebrew. _Shachath_. destruction (Psalms 55:23;...
By trouble he learnt whence his strength came, and betook himself to prayer. Psalms 30:9 are the words of his prayer....
What advantage would it be to Thee to slay me? Nay, Thou wouldest lose Thy servant's praises. For the form of the question cp. Job 22:3. The same motive is appealed to in Hezekiah's prayer, Isaiah 38:...
WHAT PROFIT, &C.— _What gain can there be by my blood? When I go down into the pit, can my dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?_ There is a propriety in asking, _Shall the dust praise th...
PSALMS 30 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song of Joy on Recovery from Sickness. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 30:1-3, Declaration of Praise and its Occasion. Stanza II., Psalms 30:4-5, Call on Levites to Praise,...
_WHAT PROFIT IS THERE IN MY BLOOD, WHEN I GO DOWN TO THE PIT? SHALL THE DUST PRAISE THEE? SHALL IT DECLARE THY TRUTH?_ What profit ... ? - (cf. Psalms 30:3.) God would lose the grateful homage of pra...
30:9 praise (g-18) Or 'give thanks to;' and so ver. 12....
Title.—(RV) 'A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; _a Psalm_ of David.' There is no obvious connexion between the contents of this Ps. and its title. It is a thanksgiving for recovery from a...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
WHAT PROFIT... — _i.e.,_ to God. For the conception of death as breaking the covenant relation between Israel and Jehovah, and so causing loss to Him as well as to them (for Sheôl had its own king or...
_[Psalms 30:10]_ מַה ־בֶּ֥צַע בְּ דָמִי֮ בְּ...
Psalms 30:1 THE title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual "Psalm of David" having been enlarged by the awkward insertion of "A Song at the Dedication of the House," which probably indic...
“JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING” Psalms 30:1 This psalm dates from 2 Samuel 5:11. What a contrast between Adullam's cave and the house of cedar! When God has lifted us up in mercy, we should lift Him up...
This is a song of praise for deliverance (1-5) and a meditation on the deliverance and its lessons (6-12), with a final note of praise (12). The phrases descriptive of the trouble are such as to leave...
What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the (k) dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (k) David means that the dead are not profitable to the congregation of the...
Jesus's strong crying and tears were so important a part in his mission, that the Holy Ghost seems to be directing the church to keep them continually in view. And he generally blends with them the tr...
9._What profit is there in my blood? _Some explain the verse after this manner: What will it avail me to have lived, unless thou prolongest my life till I shall have finished the course of my vocation...
In Psalms 30 we have the contrast between trust in prosperity even in that given of God and in God Himself. He has come in and lifted up the poor, and not left him to his foes. His favor is life. If a...
WHAT PROFIT [IS THERE] IN MY BLOOD?.... Should that be shed, and he die by the hands of his enemies, through divine permission: death is not profitable to a man's self by way of merit; it does not ato...
What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Ver. 9. _What profit is there in my blood, &c._] _i.e._ In my life, say some; _q...
_What profit is there in my blood_ In my violent, or immature death? What advantage will it be to thee, or thy cause and people, or to any of mankind? _When I go down to the pit_ When I die, and my bo...
What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Of what use would he be to Jehovah in the grave? SHALL THE DUST PRAISE THEE? namely, himself, when turned to dust. SHALL IT DECLARE THY TRUT...
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH. A psalm and song, literally, "a psalm song," a composition to be sung with musical accompaniment, at the dedication of the house of David, of his...
6-12 When things are well with us, we are very apt to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, it becomes us to think with shame upon our carnal security as our folly. If God hide...
WHAT PROFIT IS THERE, to wit, unto thee? as the latter part of the verse explains it. What wilt thou gain by it? IN MY BLOOD, i.e. in my violent death, as _blood_ is frequently used, as Genesis 37:26...
Psalms 30:9 profit H1215 blood H1818 down H3381 (H8800) pit H7845 dust H6083 praise H3034 (H8686) declare...
HIS PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE (PSALMS 30:8). Psalms 30:8 I cried to you, O YHWH, And to YHWH I made supplication, What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise y...
May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writer of this Psalm, now lead us into its inner meaning! It is entitled «A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David; «or, rather, «A Psalm; a song...
CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for answer to prayer. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should hem all our blessings with praise lest they unravel. Let us never forget to pray, nor ever doubt the succes...
The title is, _a psalm and song._ Chrysostom, in his prologue, understands it of a song set to the organ, or a concert of music, and sung when David dedicated his palace in the city of Zion. Here his...
_In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved._ THE CONDITIONS AND ACTS OF LIFE, THE SPRINGS OF SOLEMN ISSUES These verses may be taken as indicating the tendencies of certain conditions and acti...
_I will extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up._ A PSALM OF DELIVERANCE The title of this psalm is apparently a composite, the usual “Psalm of David” having been enlarged by the awkward inser...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:1. According to the title, David composed Psalms 30:1 for the temple’s dedication (which took place after David died,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 30:8 The mere prolonging of earthly days is not the goal of deliverance. The faithful live to PRAISE God, to TELL OF his FAITHFULNESS....
INTRODUCTION “This psalm was composed after recovery from a sickness which had very nearly proved fatal. The singer begins with an inscription of praise to God for His great goodness, and calls upon a...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is one of thanksgiving from first to last, and commemorates a deliverance from a great danger. It is divided into two unequal portions—one of five and the ether of seven verses....
I will extol thee, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and you've not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you healed me. O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the g...
Ecclesiastes 9:10; Isaiah 38:18; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 115:18;...
Profit — What wilt thou gain by it? The dust — Shall they that are dead celebrate thy goodness in the land of the living? Or, shall my dust praise thee?...