Isaiah 38:18-20

New Century Version

¹⁸ People in the place of the dead cannot praise you;
    those who have died cannot sing praises to you;
those who die don’t trust you
    to help them.
¹⁹ The people who are alive are the ones who praise you.
    They praise you as I praise you today.
A father should tell his children
    that you provide help.
²⁰ The Lord saved me,
    so we will play songs on stringed instruments
in the Temple of the Lord
    all the days of our lives.