Psalms 30:9 I called out to you, GOD; I laid my case before you: “Can you sell me for a profit when I’m dead? auction me off at a cemetery yard sale? When I’m ‘dust to dust’ my songs and stories of you won’t sell “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness? “What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness? What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? I said, “What good will it do if I die or if I go down to the grave? Dust cannot praise you; it cannot speak about your truth. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness? “What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]? “What would you gain in my death, if I were to go down to the depths of darkness? Will a grave sing your song? How could death’s dust declare your faithfulness?” "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?