⁵ Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?^(A)

¹⁷ It is not the dead^(A) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;

³ Do not put your trust in princes,^(A)
    in human beings,^(B) who cannot save.
⁴ When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;^(C)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.^(D)

¹⁸ For the grave^(A) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;^(B)
those who go down to the pit^(C)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.