For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
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