“What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.
For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?
For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke.
Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness.