17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
17 The dead H4191 praise H1984 not the LORD, H3050 neither any that go down H3381 into silence. H1745
17 The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
17 The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
17 The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;
17 The dead don't praise Yah, Neither any who go down into silence;
17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Commentary on Psalms 115 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 115
Many ancient translations join this psalm to that which goes next before it, the Septuagint particularly, and the vulgar Latin; but it is, in the Hebrew, a distinct psalm. In it we are taught to give glory,
Some think this psalm was penned upon occasion of some great distress and trouble that the church of God was in, when the enemies were in insolent and threatening, in which case the church does not so much pour out her complaint to God as place her confidence in God, and triumph in doing so; and with such a holy triumph we ought to sing this psalm.
Psa 115:1-8
Sufficient care is here taken to answer both the pretensions of self and the reproaches of idolaters.
Psa 115:9-18
In these verses,