Psalms 88:11

11 Do those who are dead speak about your love? Do those who are in the grave tell how faithful you are?

Psalms 88:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 88:11

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
&c.] Where he saw himself now going, and where should he be detained, and not raised out of it, the lovingkindness of God to him, as his Son, and as man and Mediator, and to his people in the gift and mission of him to be their Saviour and Redeemer, how would that be declared and made known? now it is, Christ being raised, and his ministers having a commission from him to preach the Gospel, in which the lovingkindness of God is abundantly manifested:

or thy faithfulness in destruction?
the grave, so called from dead bodies being cast into it, and wasted, consumed, and destroyed in it: the meaning may be, that should he be laid in the grave, and there putrefy and rot, and not be raised again, where would be the faithfulness of God to his purposes, to his covenant and promises, to him his Son, and to his people?

Psalms 88:11 In-Context

9 I'm crying so much I can't see very well. Lord, I call out to you every day. I lift up my hands to you in prayer.

10 Do you work miracles for those who are dead? Do dead people rise up and praise you? "Selah"

11 Do those who are dead speak about your love? Do those who are in the grave tell how faithful you are?

12 Are your miracles known in that dark place? Are your holy acts known in that land where the dead are forgotten?

13 Lord, I cry out to you for help. In the morning I pray to you.