Isaías 38:18

18 Pues el Seol no te expresa gratitud, ni la muerte te alaba. Los que descienden a la fosa no pueden esperar tu fidelidad.

Isaías 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee
That is, they that are in the grave, and under the power of death, they cannot celebrate the praises of God with their bodily organs; their souls may praise him in heaven, but they in their bodies cannot till the resurrection morn, or as long as they are under the dominion of the grave; so the Targum,

``they that are in the grave cannot confess before thee, and the dead cannot praise thee;''

in like manner the Septuagint and Arabic versions: this shows the design of God in restoring him from his sickness, and the view he himself had in desiring life, which was to praise the Lord; and which end could not have been answered had he died, and been laid in the grave: they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth:
for the performance of promises, in which the truth and faithfulness of God appear; or for the Messiah, the truth of all the types of the former dispensation; those that go down to the pit of the grave, or are carried and laid there, can have no exercise of faith and hope concerning these things.

Isaías 38:18 In-Context

16 Oh Señor, por estas cosas viven los hombres, y en todas ellas está la vida de mi espíritu. Restabléceme la salud y haz que viva.

17 He aquí, por mi bienestar tuve gran amargura; eres tú quien ha guardado mi alma del abismo de la nada, porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados.

18 Pues el Seol no te expresa gratitud, ni la muerte te alaba. Los que descienden a la fosa no pueden esperar tu fidelidad.

19 El que vive, el que vive es el que te da gracias, como yo lo hago hoy. El padre cuenta a sus hijos tu fidelidad.

20 El SEÑOR me salvará; y tocaremos mis canciones en instrumentos de cuerda todos los días de nuestra vida en la casa del SEÑOR.