Psalms 88:10

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

Key Reflection

Psalms 88:10 questions whether the dead can experience God's miracles or offer praise, highlighting the limitation of the afterlife for those who have passed on. This verse underscores the living's responsibility to continue praising God, as the dead cannot do so.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Wilt 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 should be rescued. The sentiment here is substantially the same as inPsalms 6:5. See the notes at that passage. CompareIsaiah 38:18.

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