Psalm 88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Cross-reference
Psalm 6:5 echoes the same question about the dead praising God — 'in Sheol who will give you praise?'
Psalm 30:9 asks the same question: 'Shall the dust praise thee?' — reinforcing the lament that the dead cannot praise God.
Psalm 115:17 states plainly 'The dead praise not the LORD' — a direct affirmation of the same idea.
Psalm 118:17 declares 'I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD' — a confident contrast to the despair of the dead not praising.
Psalm 143:7 pleads not to be like those who go down to the pit—echoing the psalmist's fear of death and the silence of the grave.
Job 14:7-12 laments that man, unlike a tree, does not rise again — a parallel despair about no resurrection.
Isaiah 26:19 promises 'Thy dead men shall live' — a direct prophecy of resurrection, contrasting with the question 'shall the dead arise?'
Isaiah 38:18 echoes 'the grave cannot praise thee' — a parallel lament about death's silence.
Isaiah 38:19 says 'The living, the living, he shall praise thee' — contrasting the dead's inability with the living's praise.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 visions dry bones coming to life — a prophecy of resurrection that answers the doubt in Psalm 88:10.
Luke 7:12-16 shows Jesus raising a widow's son—answering the psalmist's doubt by demonstrating that the dead can be raised to praise God.
1 Corinthians 15:52-57 proclaims the resurrection of the dead—directly answering the psalmist's question: the dead will rise and praise God in victory over death.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 states the dead know nothing—supporting the psalmist's implication that the dead cannot praise God.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 says in Sheol there is no work or knowledge—aligning with the psalmist's doubt about the dead praising God.