American Standard Version of 1901
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Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?Shall {Or, the shades Hebrew: Rephaim.}they that are decreased arise and praise thee? [Selah
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?Or thy faithfulness in {Hebrew: Abaddon. See Job 26:6.}Destruction?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
But thou art holy,O thou that {Or, art enthroned upon}inhabitest the praises of Israel.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee:In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
The dead praise not {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah,Neither any that go down into silence;
For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol;Neither wilt thou suffer thy {Or, godly Or, beloved Another reading is, holy ones.}holy one to see {Or, the pit}corruption.
whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
For David saith concerning him, {Psalm 16:8 ff.}I beheld the Lord always before my face;For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;Moreover my flesh also shall {Or, tabernacle}dwell in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades,Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: