Sirach 17:26-28

Revised Standard Version

²⁶ Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity,^[a]
    and hate abominations intensely.
²⁷ Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades,
    as do those who are alive and give thanks?
²⁸ From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased;
    he who is alive and well sings the Lord’s praises.