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Who praises you from the grave?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For in death <i>there is</i> no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For in death <i>there is</i> no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For there is no mention of Thee in death; In Sheol who will give Thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For there is no remembrance of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For in death there is no mention of You; In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You <i>and</i> give You thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there is no remembrance of you in death; who can thank you in Sheol?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there is no remembrance of You in death; who can thank You in Sheol? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In death, no one remembers you. In the grave, who praises you?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who will give thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For in death there is no memorial of You, "" In Sheol, who gives thanks to You?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For in death none remembering thee: in hades who shall give thanks to thee?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 6:6>For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of you. Who praises you in Sheol? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because your memorial is not in death, and in Sheol, who gives you thanks?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; In the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/6-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=412" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Do not Rebuke Me in Your Anger</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ên (Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">there is no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2143.htm" title="2143: ziḵ·re·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Remembrance, memorial. Or zeker; from zakar; a memento, abstr. Recollection; by implication, commemoration.">mention of You</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: bam·mā·weṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">in death;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3034.htm" title="3034: yō·w·ḏeh- (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To throw, cast. ">can praise</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: biš·’ō·wl (Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">from Sheol?</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:5-6</a></span><br />For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten. / Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Isaiah 38:18-19</a></span><br />For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. / The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9-10</a></span><br />As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. / He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21-22</a></span><br />before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom, / to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Psalm 30:9</a></span><br />“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm">Psalm 88:10-12</a></span><br />Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah / Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? / Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-17.htm">Psalm 115:17</a></span><br />It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-11.htm">Isaiah 38:11</a></span><br />I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-10.htm">Job 14:10-12</a></span><br />But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he? / As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry, / so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-5.htm">2 Samuel 22:5-6</a></span><br />For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. / The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a></span><br />But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37-38</a></span><br />Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ / He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-8.htm">Romans 14:8-9</a></span><br />If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. / For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-16.htm">1 Corinthians 15:16-18</a></span><br />For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. / And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. / Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?</p><p class="hdg">For</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Psalm 30:9</a></b></br> What profit <i>is there</i> in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm">Psalm 88:10-12</a></b></br> Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise <i>and</i> praise thee? Selah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/115-17.htm">Psalm 115:17</a></b></br> The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/5-9.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/job/38-17.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/5-9.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/job/24-20.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Mention</a> <a href="/job/26-6.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/job/40-14.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-30.htm">Praises</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-15.htm">Remembers</a> <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Remembrance</a> <a href="/job/33-18.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-40.htm">Thanks</a> <a href="/job/40-13.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/9-17.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Memorial</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Mention</a> <a href="/psalms/9-17.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/psalms/9-11.htm">Praises</a> <a href="/psalms/9-12.htm">Remembers</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Remembrance</a> <a href="/psalms/9-17.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Thanks</a> <a href="/psalms/9-17.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">David's complaint in his sickness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-8.htm">He triumphs over his enemies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For there is no mention of You in death;</b><br>This phrase reflects the psalmist's understanding of death as a state where active remembrance and worship of God cease. In the Old Testament context, death was often seen as a separation from the living community and, by extension, from the worship of God. The Hebrew word for "mention" implies a verbal acknowledgment or remembrance, which is not possible in death. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern view of the afterlife, where the dead were thought to exist in a shadowy, inactive state. The psalmist's plea underscores the urgency of seeking God's intervention in life, as death would end the opportunity to glorify Him actively.<p><b>who can praise You from Sheol?</b><br>Sheol is the Hebrew term for the realm of the dead, often depicted as a place of silence and inactivity. It is not equivalent to the Christian concept of hell but rather a shadowy underworld where all the dead reside, regardless of their righteousness. The rhetorical question emphasizes the psalmist's belief that Sheol is devoid of the worship and praise of God, highlighting the importance of life as the time to honor Him. This view is consistent with other Old Testament passages, such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:10</a>, which speaks of the lack of work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol. The psalmist's lament can be seen as a foreshadowing of the New Testament revelation of eternal life through Jesus Christ, who conquered death and offers believers the hope of praising God eternally.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Psalm 6</a>, traditionally believed to be King David, who is expressing deep anguish and seeking God's mercy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, Sheol is the realm of the dead, a place of silence and forgetfulness where the dead reside.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure whom David is addressing, seeking His intervention and mercy in a time of distress.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_life.htm">The Urgency of Life</a></b><br>Life is the time to praise and serve God. We should not delay in our worship and service, as death brings an end to earthly opportunities to glorify Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_sheol.htm">Understanding Sheol</a></b><br>In the Old Testament context, Sheol represents a place of silence and inactivity. This understanding should motivate us to live purposefully and with eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_resurrection.htm">The Hope of Resurrection</a></b><br>While Sheol is depicted as a place of silence, the New Testament reveals the hope of resurrection through Christ. Believers can look forward to eternal life where praise continues forever.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>David's plea for mercy in this psalm reminds us of the importance of repentance and seeking God's forgiveness while we have the opportunity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_6_5_align_with_afterlife.htm">Psalm 6:5 – How does the statement “in death there is no remembrance of you” align with later teachings on the afterlife or resurrection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_job_17_13-16_conflict_with_resurrection.htm">Do the despairing references to the grave and Sheol in Job 17:13–16 conflict with later biblical teachings on hope and resurrection? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_soul_sleep.htm">What does the Bible say about soul sleep?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ecclesiastes_6_6__how_reconcile_differing_destinies.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:6 – If all go to the same place after death, how does this reconcile with scriptural teachings on differing eternal destinies? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">For in death.</span>--As in <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm" title="What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?">Psalm 30:9</a>, the sufferer urges as a further reason for Divine aid the loss Jehovah would suffer by the cessation of his praise. The Israelite's natural dread of death was intensified by the thought that the grave separated him from all the privileges of the covenant with God. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm" title="For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.">Isaiah 38:18</a>.) There can be neither remembrance of His past mercies there, nor confession of His greatness. The word translated <span class= "ital">grave, </span>in exact parallelism with <span class= "ital">death, </span>is <span class= "ital">sheol, </span>or <span class= "ital">underworld, </span>in the early conception merely a vast sepulchral cave, closed as rock-tombs usually were by gates of stone or iron (<a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm" title="I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.">Isaiah 38:10</a>; <a href="/job/17-16.htm" title="They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.">Job 17:16</a>). The derivation of the word is disputed, but the primary meaning appears to have been <span class= "ital">hollowness. </span>It occurs sixty-five times in the Bible, and is rendered in the Authorised version three times "pit," and then with curious impartiality thirty-one times "grave," and as many "hell." When it ceased to be merely a synonym for "grave," and began to gather a new set of ideas we cannot ascertain. It was before the time of which we have any contemporary records. But it acquired these new ideas very slowly. <span class= "ital">Sheol </span>was for a very long time only a magnified grave, into which all the dead, bad and good alike, prince and peasant, went; where they lay side by side in their niches, as the dead do in the loculi of eastern tombs now, without sense of light or sound, or any influence from the upper world (<a href="/1_kings/2-2.htm" title="I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;">1Kings 2:2</a>; <a href="/job/30-23.htm" title="For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.">Job 30:23</a>; <a href="/psalms/89-48.htm" title="What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.">Psalm 89:48</a>). It is something more than death, put it is not life. The "sleep of death" expresses it. As in Homer's Hades, the dead are men without the minds or energies of men--"soulless men; so the dead in the Hebrew conception are <span class= "ital">rephaim, </span>that is, weak, shadowy existences. Indeed, the Biblical representation is even less tolerable than the Greek. Homer's heroes retain many of their interests in the living world; they rejoice in the prosperity of their friends--their own approval or disapproval makes a difference to those still on earth--and, apart from this continued connection with the upper air, they had gone to a realm of their own, with its sovereign lord, its laws and customs, its sanctions, and penalties. Not so in the Jewish belief--"the dead know not anything"; "there is no wisdom in sheol." It would be of no use for God to show any wonders among those incapable of perceiving them (<a href="/context/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm" title="For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.">Ecclesiastes 9:5-10</a>; <a href="/psalms/88-10.htm" title="Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.">Psalm 88:10</a>). They have passed altogether from all the interests and relations of life, even from the covenant relation with Jehovah. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm" title="For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.">Isaiah 38:18</a>; <a href="/psalms/115-17.htm" title="The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.">Psalm 115:17</a>.) How the Hebrew conscience, helped, possibly, by the influence of foreign ideas, gradually struggled into a higher light on these subjects, belongs to the history of eschatology. The fact that Psalms 6 reflects the earlier undeveloped doctrine, is an argument against any very late date for it. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For in death there is no remembrance of thee</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Psalm 30:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/88-11.htm">Psalm 88:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/115-17.htm">Psalm 115:17</a>; <a href="/psalms/118-17.htm">Psalm 118:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Isaiah 38:18</a>). The general view of the psalmists seems to have been that death was a cessation of the active service of God - whether for a time or permanently, they do not make clear to us. So even Hezekiah, in the passage of Isaiah above quoted. Death is represented as a sleep (<a href="/psalms/13-3.htm">Psalm 13:3</a>), but whether there is an awakening from it does not appear. No doubt, as has been said ('Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 4. p. 182), "the cessation of active service, even of remembrance or devotion, does not affect the question of a future restoration," and the metaphor of sleep certainly suggests the idea of an awakening. But such a veil hung over the other world, under the old dispensation, and over the condition of the departed in it, that thought was scarcely exercised upon the subject. Men's duties in this life were what occupied them, and they did not realize that in another they would have employments - much less form any notion of what those employments would be. The grave seemed a place of silence, inaction, tranquillity. <span class="cmt_word">In the grave</span> (Hebrew, <span class="accented">in Sheol</span>) <span class="cmt_word">who shall give thee thanks?</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/115-17.htm">Psalm 115:17, 18</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/6-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there is no</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mention of You</span><br /><span class="heb">זִכְרֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ziḵ·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2143.htm">Strong's 2143: </a> </span><span class="str2">A memento, recollection, commemoration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in death;</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּ֣וֶת</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can praise</span><br /><span class="heb">יֽוֹדֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ḏeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> </span><span class="str2">To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">לָּֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Sheol?</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(biš·’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/6-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 6:5 For in death there is no memory (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/6-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 6:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 6:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 6:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 6:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>