⁹ “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
^(A)Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?

^5 (A)For in death there is no remembrance of You;
In the grave who will give You thanks?

¹⁸ For ^(A)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

^17 (A)I shall not die, but live,
And ^(B)declare the works of the Lord.

^17 (A)The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor any who go down into silence.
^18 (B)But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore.

¹⁰ Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall ^[a]the dead arise and praise You? Selah
¹¹ Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
¹² Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?