EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 6:5
5If I die, I will no longer remember you. Nobody can praise you in their grave!
Psalms 6:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
- New International Version (NIV)Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
- English Standard Version (ESV)For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
- New King James Version (NKJV)For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
Context of Psalms 6:5
3I am very frightened. Lord, when will you do something to help me? 4Lord, turn back to me. Give me back my life. Make me safe because of your faithful love. If I die, I will no longer remember you. Nobody can praise you in their grave! 6I am crying so much that I have no more strength. My bed becomes wet because I weep all night. My tears run into my pillow. 7I am so sad that my eyes do not see well any more. They are becoming weak because of all my enemies.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:5 word by word
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין בַּמָּ֣וֶת זִכְרֶ֑ךָ בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל מִ֣י יֽוֹדֶה־לָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 6:5
- Psalms 30:9If I go down into the deep hole of death, that will not help you! My dead body cannot praise you there! It cannot tell people to trust you!
- Psalms 88:10Your great miracles do not help dead people! Dead people cannot get up and praise you! Selah.
- Psalms 115:17Dead people cannot praise the Lord. In their graves, they are unable to speak.
- John 9:4While it is still day, we must continue to work. God has sent me and we must do his work. We must work now because it will be night soon. Then nobody can work.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5In death there is no remembrance of thee - Man is to glorify thee on earth. The end for which he was born cannot be accomplished in the grave; heal my body, and heal my soul, that I may be rendered capable of loving and serving thee here below. A dead body in the grave can do no good to men, nor bring any glory to thy name!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For in death - In the state of the dead; in the grave. There is no remembrance of thee - They who are dead do not remember thee or think of thee. The “ground” of this appeal is, that it was regarded by the psalmist as a “desirable” thing to remember God and to praise him, and that this could not be done by one who was dead. He prayed, therefore, that God would spare his life, and restore him to health, that he might praise him in the land of the living. A…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5from Sheol?: In the Old Testament, Sheol is the place of the dead. It is not necessarily associated with punishment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Compare Psa 115:17, 18; Is 38:18). There is no incredulity as to a future state. The contrast is between this scene of life, and the grave or Sheol, the unseen world of the dead. give ... thanks--or, "praise for mercies."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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