Psalms 6:5
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
BSB
ASV
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
KJV
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
SERMON 35:4 (461)
In hell there is no amendment. No means of satisfaction can be given where no act of the will remains any longer, as David says in prophecy: "Since in death there is no one who remembers you, who will give you thanks in hell?" Let us flee harmful pleasures, dangerous joys and desires that perish right away. What fruit is there, what use is there, in wanting these things incessantly, things that we must abandon even if they do not abandon us? Let the love of ephemeral things be transferred to incorruptible ones.
To depart and be with Christ is most happy for the saints themselves; but for them to abide in the flesh is more profitable for the church. This David had an eye to when he pleaded this, In the grave who shall give thee thanks? And this Christ had an eye to when he said, I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world.
And now David was in great fear of death—death temporal, and perhaps death eternal. Read the passage as you will, the following verse is full of power. "For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee thanks?" Churchyards are silent places; the vaults of the sepulchre echo not with songs. Damp earth covers dumb mouths. "O Lord!" saith he, "if thou wilt spare me I will praise thee.
There is no incredulity as to a future state. The contrast is between this scene of life, and the grave or Sheol, the unseen world of the dead. give . . . thanks--or, "praise for mercies."
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.
Through
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever 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.
leads to
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
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Psalms 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
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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.
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
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.