Isaías 38:18

18 Pues los muertos
no pueden alabarte;
no pueden levantar la voz en alabanza.
Los que bajan a la tumba
ya no pueden esperar en 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 Señor
, tu disciplina es buena,
porque lleva a la vida y a la salud.
¡Tú restauras mi salud
y me permites vivir!

17 Sí, esta angustia ha sido buena para mí,
porque me has rescatado de la muerte
y has perdonado todos mis pecados.

18 Pues los muertos
no pueden alabarte;
no pueden levantar la voz en alabanza.
Los que bajan a la tumba
ya no pueden esperar en tu fidelidad.

19 Solo los vivos pueden alabarte como yo lo hago hoy.
Cada generación le habla de tu fidelidad a la siguiente.

20 Imagínense: el Señor
está dispuesto a sanarme.
Cantaré sus alabanzas con instrumentos
todos los días de mi vida
en el templo del Señor
.