⁹ “What profit is there in my death,^[a]
    if I go down to the pit?^[b]
Will ^(A)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?

¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
    ^(A)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
¹¹ Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your ^(B)wonders known in ^(C)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of ^(D)forgetfulness?

^17 (A)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(B)silence.

^18 (A)For Sheol does not thank you;
    death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
    for your faithfulness.