Isaiah 38:18

18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:18 In-Context

16 Lord, because of these [promises] people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit as well; You have restored me to health and let me live.
17 Indeed, it was for [my own] welfare that I had such great bitterness; but Your love [has delivered] me from the Pit of destruction, for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.
18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 The living, only the living can thank You, as I do today; a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.
20 The Lord will save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the Lord.
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