5  For in death there is no remembrance of you;

in Sheol ^ywho will give you praise?

9  “What profit is there in my death,¹

if I go down to the pit?²

^oWill the dust praise you?

Will it tell of your faithfulness?

10  Do you work wonders for the dead?

^zDo the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

11  Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,

or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12  Are your wonders known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

17  ^eThe dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into silence.