Sirach 17:26-28

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁶ Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity,^[a]
    and hate intensely what he abhors.
²⁷ Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades
    in place of the living who give thanks?
²⁸ From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased;
    those who are alive and well sing the Lord’s praises.