18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. …
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-22)We have here Hezekiah’s thanksgiving-song, which he penned, by divine direction, after his recovery. He might have taken some of the psalms of his father David, and made use of them for his purpose; he might have found many very pertinent ones. He appointed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David , 2 Chron. 29:30. But the occasion here was extraordinary, and, his heart being full of…
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