Psalms 87:11

9 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia? aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?

Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?

Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?

Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?

μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια; ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσι, καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι;

Μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια, ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσι καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι;

Разве над мертвыми Ты сотворишь чудо? Разве мертвые встанут и будут славить Тебя?

Traditions differ. Both positions are shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
The Psalter is a collection assembled over centuries; individual psalms range widely in date.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
750 BC–650 BC Homeric epics take written form Greece
The Iliad and Odyssey were fixed in writing after generations of oral transmission.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
722 BC Fall of Samaria Levant
The Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel and the deportation of much of its population.
587 BC–586 BC Fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile Levant
Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed the temple and deported the Judean elite to Babylon.