“What gain is there in my blood, in my going down to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?
O God, hear my prayer, listen to the words of my mouth.
A psalm of David. Hear my prayer, Adonai, give ear to my petitions. In Your faithfulness and Your righteousness, answer me!
Adonai is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in Him, and I was helped. Therefore my heart leaps for joy, and I will praise Him with my song.
Hear, Adonai, when I call with my voice, be gracious to me and answer me.
For there is no memory of You in death, in Sheol who will praise You?