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 Living Translation (NLT)For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?

Context of Psalms 6:5

3My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord—how long? 4Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? 6I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. 7My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old 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 my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?
• Psalms 88:10Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You? Selah
• Psalms 115:17The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
• John 9:4I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the 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