Psalm 6:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Footnotes
- 6:6 A motive for God to preserve the psalmist from death: in the shadowy world of the dead no one offers you praise. Sheol is the biblical term for the underworld where the insubstantial souls of dead human beings dwelt. It was similar to the Hades of Greek and Latin literature. In the second century B.C., biblical books begin to speak positively of life with God after death (Dn 12:1–3; Wis 3).
Psalm 88:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Footnotes
- 88:11–13 The psalmist seeks to persuade God to act out of concern for divine honor: the shades give you no worship, so keep me alive to offer you praise.
Ben Sira 17:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 Human goodness is like a signet ring with God,
and virtue he keeps like the apple of his eye.
Isaiah 38:18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
18 [a]For it is not Sheol that gives you thanks,
nor death that praises you;
Neither do those who go down into the pit
await your kindness.(A)
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