Psalms 115:17
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
BSB
ASV
The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
KJV
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
The dead praise not the Lord,.... Not the dead in sin; such as the makers of idols, and those that trust in them, who are like unto them; men must be made spiritually alive, ere they can show forth the praises of God: nor the dead corporeally.
The dead praise not the Lord —So far as this world is concerned. They cannot unite in the Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with which the church delights to adore her Lord. The preacher cannot magnify the Lord from his coffin, nor the Christian worker further manifest the power of divine grace by daily activity while he lies in the grave. Neither any that go down into silence. The tomb sends forth no voice; from mouldering bones and flesh consuming worms there arises no sound of gospel ministry nor of gracious song.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
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Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
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Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
leads to
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.