Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?Selah
Dead people do not praise the Lord; those in the grave are silent.
I will not die, but live, and I will tell what the Lord has done.
I lift my hands to you in prayer. As a dry land needs rain, I thirst for you.Selah
I said, “What good will it do if I die or if I go down to the grave? Dust cannot praise you; it cannot speak about your truth.
Dead people don’t remember you; those in the grave don’t praise you.
Lord, have mercy on me, because I have called to you all day.
Your people have died, but they will live again; their bodies will rise from death. You who lie in the ground, wake up and be happy! The dew covering you is like the dew of a new day; the ground will give birth to the dead.