Psalm 6:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you.

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The dead are silent and cannot praise the Lord,

Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or even knows anything.

“What good will it do you if I am in the grave? Once I have turned to dust, how can I praise you or tell how loyal you are?

And so my life is safe, and I will live to tell what the Lord has done.

As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work.

Help us, Lord! Don't wait! Pity your servants.

I prayed and said, “Lord, please don't let me die!”