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For in death there is no remembrance of you.
    Who praises you in Sheol?[a](A)

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  1. 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).

I am worn out(A) from my groaning.(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.(D)

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11 [a]Do you work wonders for the dead?
    Do the shades arise and praise you?(A)
Selah

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  1. 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.

11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness(A) in Destruction[a]?

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  1. Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon

22 Human goodness is like a signet ring with God,
    and virtue he keeps like the apple of his eye.

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'Sirach 17:22' not found for the version: New International Version.

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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  1. 38:18–19 See note on Ps 6:6.

18 For the grave(A) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(B)
those who go down to the pit(C)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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