Psalms 115:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah) 11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? 12 Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
  • Ps 30:9 : 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?
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:18
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    18But we will praise the LORD now and forevermore. Praise the LORD!

  • Isa 38:18-19
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    79%

    18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

    19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.

  • Ps 88:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah)

    11Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

  • Eccl 4:2
    75%

    2So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    73%

    16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

  • Job 14:12
    72%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

    18He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:“May men praise you, for you have done well!”

    19But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

  • Ps 115:16
    71%

    16The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

  • Job 26:5
    71%

    5A Better Description of God’s Greatness“The dead tremble– those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

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    71%

    17O LORD, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

  • Ps 150:6
    71%

    6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 146:1-2
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    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

    2I will praise the LORD as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!

  • Ps 88:5
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    5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    71%

    9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

    10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But the LORD is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!”

  • Ps 113:1
    70%

    1Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6The LORD both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

  • Ps 118:17-18
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    17I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.

    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

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    15The LORD values the lives of his faithful followers.

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    1Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD! Offer praise, you servants of the LORD,

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

  • Ps 30:9
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    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?

  • Ps 30:12
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    12So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will always give thanks to you.

  • Ps 69:34
    69%

    34Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)

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    69%

    3From east to west the LORD’s name is deserving of praise.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

  • Ps 109:1
    68%

    1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!

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    68%

    38Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.”

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    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the sky! Praise him in the heavens!

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    68%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Isa 38:11
    68%

    11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

  • Ps 28:1
    68%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 138:4
    68%

    4Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O LORD, when they hear the words you speak.