Psalm 30:9

9 “What is gained if I am silenced, if I go

down to the pit?

Will the dust praise you?

Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

It is believed that David wrote this Psalm during a

time of illness when he thought he was going to

die and he was pleading with God to extend his

life. 

We can grow tired of the stresses of this life. One

day when we die, don’t we want to go to heaven?

Well, we have something that those who have

gone on before us no longer have. David

recognizes it in this Psalm.