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Psalm 115:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

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What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.