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Whatמַהprofit is thereבֶּצַעin my blood,בְּדָמִיin my going downבְּרִדְתִּיto the pit?אֶל שָׁחַתWill the dustעָפָרgive you thanks?הֲיוֹדְךָWill it declareהֲיַגִּידyour truth?אֲמִתֶּךָ
Psalms 30:9
Study it in the app“What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? Will the dust give you thanks? Will it declare your truth?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 30:9, word by word
- profit is thereבֶּצַעbetsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “betsa” appears- in my bloodדָמִdami
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dami” appears- in my going downרִדְתִּridti
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “ridti” appears- to the pitשָׁחַתshachat
grave
The grave, from which God rescues.
Where else “shachat” appears- Will the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- give you thanksיוֹדְyod
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “yod” appears- Will it declareיַגִּידyagid
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “yagid” appears- your truthאֲמִתֶּamite
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “amite” appears
The context
8To you, YHWH, I called, and to Adonai I pleaded:
9 · This verse (above)
10Hear, YHWH, and show me favor; YHWH, be my helper.