“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise you?Shall it declare your truth?”
Psalm 30:9 (WEB)
Context Reading
7You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong;but when you hid your face, I was troubled. 8I cried to you, Yahweh.I made supplication to the Lord: 9“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise you?Shall it declare your truth? 10Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me.Yahweh, be my helper.” 11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me.You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,