⁵ For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

⁹ `What gain `is' in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

¹⁰ To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

¹¹ Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹² Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹⁷ The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

¹⁰ All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

¹⁷ I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

¹⁸ For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

¹⁹ The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

⁴ it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --