Psalms 6:5

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 absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue? 4Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks? 6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. 7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

Psalms 6:5 word by word

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין בַּמָּ֣וֶת זִכְרֶ֑ךָ בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל מִ֣י יֽוֹדֶה־לָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For in deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• no remembranceזֵ֫כֶרzêker zeker · memorialH2143
• of thee: in the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• who shall give thee thanksיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034

Cross-references for Psalms 6:5

• Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
• Psalms 88:10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
• Psalms 115:17The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
• John 9:4We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one 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

Topics related to Psalms 6:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Hades
• Hell

In the dictionaries

• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Death
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Music

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