Isaías 38:18

18 Porque el sepulcro no te celebrará, ni te alabará la muerte; Ni los que descienden al hoyo esperarán tu verdad.

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, sobre ellos vivirán tus piedades, Y á todos diré consistir en ellas la vida de mi espíritu; Pues tú me restablecerás, y me harás que viva.

17 He aquí amargura grande me sobrevino en la paz: Mas á ti plugo librar mi vida del hoyo de corrupción. Porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados.

18 Porque el sepulcro no te celebrará, ni te alabará la muerte; Ni los que descienden al hoyo esperarán tu verdad.

19 El que vive, el que vive, éste te confesará, como yo hoy: El padre hará notoria tu verdad á los hijos.

20 Jehová para salvarme; Por tanto cantaremos nuestros salmos En la casa de Jehová todos los días de nuestra vida.