Jesaja 38:18

18 Denn nicht der Scheol preist dich, der Tod lobsingt dir nicht; die in die Grube hinabgefahren sind, harren nicht auf deine Treue.

Jesaja 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.

Jesaja 38:18 In-Context

16 O Herr! Durch dieses lebt man, und in jeder Hinsicht ist darin das Leben meines Geistes. Und du machst mich gesund und erhältst mich am Leben.

17 Siehe, zum Heile ward mir bitteres Leid: Du, du zogest liebevoll meine Seele aus der Vernichtung Grube; denn alle meine Sünden hast du hinter deinen Rücken geworfen.

18 Denn nicht der Scheol preist dich, der Tod lobsingt dir nicht; die in die Grube hinabgefahren sind, harren nicht auf deine Treue.

19 Der Lebende, der Lebende, der preist dich, wie ich heute: der Vater gibt den Kindern Kunde von deiner Treue.

20 Jehova war bereit, mich zu retten; und wir wollen mein Saitenspiel rühren alle Tage unseres Lebens im Hause Jehovas.