Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 30:9

9. What profit is there in my blood , when I go down to the pit ? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

To wit, unto thee, as the latter part of the Verse explains it. What wilt thou gain by it?

(i. e.) In my violent Death, as Blood is frequently used, as Gen. 37. 26. Numb. [illegible: 1+ letters]5. 33. Ios. 20. 3. 1 Sam. 25. 26. 33. Mat. 27. 6.

When I dye. See above, on v. 3. Shall they that are Dead, or gone down into the Dust, Celebrate thy Faithfulness and Goodness in the Land of the Living? Or, shall my Dust or Dead Corps praise thee? No Lord, shouldest thou cut me off in the beginning of my Reign, thy Name would lose the Praises, which many will return to thee for my Life, and be exposed to Reproaches, as if thou hadst not kept thy Word with me: and I should lose those Opportunities of praising thy Name, and serving my Generation, which I prize above my Life.

Marginal references: Psal. 6. 5. & 88. 11. & 115. 17.