“What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.