Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.

They, and all that {appertained} to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that {would come} from thence.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare {that} I will render double unto thee;

For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}

Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.

But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.