Psalm 88:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do. Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. They have no more reward. People will soon forget them.

Jude 1:13

Like the dirty foam on the wild waves in the sea, everyone can see the shameful things they do. They are like stars that wander in the sky. A place in the blackest darkness has been kept for them forever.

Matthew 8:12

And those who should have the kingdom will be thrown out. They will be thrown outside into the darkness, where people will cry and grind their teeth with pain.”

Isaiah 8:22

And when the captives turn their faces to the ground, there is only a depressing darkness closing in—the dark sadness of people forced to leave their country.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I also saw great and beautiful funerals for evil people. While the people were going home after the funeral services, they said good things about the evil people who had died. This happened even in the same towns where the evil people had done many bad things. This is senseless.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Whether people are wise or foolish, they will still die, and no one will remember either one of them forever. In the future, people will forget everything both of them did. So the two are really the same.

Psalm 143:3

My enemies are chasing me. They have crushed me into the dirt. They are pushing me into the dark grave, like people who died long ago.

Psalm 88:5

Look for me among the dead, like a body in the grave. I am one of those you have forgotten, cut off from you and your care.

Psalm 31:12

People want to forget me like someone already dead, thrown away like a broken dish.