Psalms 6:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Psalms 6:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 88:10-12
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. …
Psalms 115:17
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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.
Psalms 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Isaiah 38:18-19
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Dead (people)Death Dying Gehenna Hades Hell Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled under humbling providences, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent on purpose to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Those heap up wrath who cry not when God binds them; but those are getting ready for mercy who, under God’s rebukes, sow in tears, as David does here. Let us observe here, I. The representation he…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. (Compare Psa 115:17, 18; Is 38:18). There is no incredulity as to a future state. The contrast is between this scene of life, and the grave or Sheol, the unseen world of the dead. give ... thanks--or, “praise for mercies.”