Psalmen 88:11

11 Zult Gij wonder doen aan de doden? Of zullen de overledenen opstaan, zullen zij U loven? Sela.

Psalmen 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?

Psalmen 88:11 In-Context

9 Mijn bekenden hebt Gij verre van mij gedaan, Gij hebt mij hun tot een groten gruwel gesteld; ik ben besloten, en kan niet uitkomen.

10 Mijn oog treurt vanwege verdrukking; HEERE! ik roep tot U den gansen dag; ik strek mijn handen uit tot U.

11 Zult Gij wonder doen aan de doden? Of zullen de overledenen opstaan, zullen zij U loven? Sela.

12 Zal Uw goedertierenheid in het graf verteld worden, Uw getrouwheid in het verderf?

13 Zullen Uw wonderen bekend worden in de duisternis, en Uw gerechtigheid in het land der vergetelheid?