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Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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A Plea to Keep Praising
The psalmist's questions are a desperate, rhetorical plea. Commentators explain he is arguing that if God allows him to die, he will no longer be able to proclaim God's wonders or righteousness on earth. His death would mean one less voice praising God in the land of the living.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? — In the dark world; in the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darknes…
19th Century
Anglican
These verses probably contain the prayer uttered with the “stretched-out hands.”
Baptist
He pleads that, if he dies, he will not be able to proclaim the mercy of the Lord. God will lose a singer from his earthly choir, a witness from hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Shall your wonders be known in the dark ? &c.] A description of the grave again; see (Job 10:21[Referenc…
Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favors in comfort, nor re…
