Isaías 38:18

18 El sepulcro nada te agradece;la muerte no te alaba.Los que descienden a la fosanada esperan de 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, por tales cosas viven los hombres,y también mi espíritu encuentra vida en ellas.Tú me devolviste la saludy me diste vida.

17 Sin duda, fue para mi bienpasar por tal angustia.Con tu amor me guardastede la fosa destructora,y le diste la espalda a mis pecados.

18 El sepulcro nada te agradece;la muerte no te alaba.Los que descienden a la fosanada esperan de tu fidelidad.

19 Los que viven, y solo los que viven,son los que te alaban,como hoy te alabo yo.Todo padre hablará a sus hijosacerca de tu fidelidad.

20 »El SEÑOR me salvará,y en el templo del SEÑORtodos los días de nuestra vidacantaremos con instrumentos de cuerda».