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

¹⁰ Will You do wonders for the dead?
Will ^(A)the ^[a]departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
¹¹ Will Your lovingkindness be recounted in the grave,
Your faithfulness in ^[b]Abaddon?
¹² Will Your wonders be known in the ^(B)darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹⁷ It is not the ^(A)dead that praise Yah,
And it is none of those who go down to ^(B)silence;

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