Psalm 88:10
Strong's Lexicon
Do You work
תַּעֲשֶׂה־ (ta·‘ă·śeh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

wonders
פֶּ֑לֶא (pe·le)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6382: 1) wonder, marvel 1a) wonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing) 1b) wonder (of God's acts of judgment and redemption)

אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

for the dead ?
הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים (hă·lam·mê·ṯîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

Do departed spirits
רְ֝פָאִ֗ים (rə·p̄ā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7496: 1) ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

rise up
יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ (yā·qū·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6965: 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up

to praise You ?
יוֹד֬וּךָ (yō·w·ḏū·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3034: 1) to throw, shoot, cast 1a) (Qal) to shoot (arrows) 1b) (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give thanks, laud, praise 1c2) to confess, confess (the name of God) 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to confess (sin) 1d2) to give thanks

Selah
סֶּֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: 1) to lift up, exalt 1a) Selah 1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

Young's Literal Translation
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do You work wonders for the dead ? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

New American Standard Bible
Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise [and] praise You? Selah.

King James Bible
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?

New Living Translation
Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude

English Standard Version
Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

New American Standard Bible
Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

King James Bible
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

International Standard Version
Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude

NET Bible
Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

American Standard Version
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

English Revised Version
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah

Young's Literal Translation
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
















Cross References
Job 26:5
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalm 88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Psalm 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalm 88:8
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Psalm 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Psalm 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalm 88:13
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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