9 “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
Psalms 30:9
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Psalms 6:4–6
4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion. 5 For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? 6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Isaiah 38:17–19
17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your… 19 …
Psalms 88:10–12
10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah 11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ? 12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Sirach 17:26–28
26 Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity. Greatly hate the abominable thing. (WEB) 27 Who will give praise to the Most High in Hades, in place of the living who return thanks? (WEB) 28 Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one who doesn’t exist. He who is… (WEB)
Job 7:20–21
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ? 21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I wi…
Job 17:15–16
15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? 16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Psalms 115:16–18
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind. 17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. 18 But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
Psalms 89:47–49
47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! 48 What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah 49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
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