What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
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Gill's Exposition
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 atone…
Barnes' Notes
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…
We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states - what he said and did, and how his…
Cambridge Bible
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, Isa…
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