“ What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

“我被害流血，下到坑中，有什么益处呢？尘土岂能称赞你，传说你的诚实吗？

“我被害流血，下到地府，有何益处呢？尘土岂能称谢你、传扬你的信实吗？

“我被害流血，下到地府，有何益处呢？尘土岂能称谢你、传扬你的信实吗？

“耶和华啊，我被毁灭、落入坟墓有何益处？我归于尘土，还能赞美你、宣扬你的信实吗？

“我被害流血，下到深坑，有什么益处呢？尘土还能称赞你，还能传扬你的信实吗？

“我死亡下到阴坑，有什么好处呢？难道尘土会称谢你，宣告你的信实吗？

我被害流血，下到坑中，有甚麼益處呢？塵土豈能稱讚你，傳說你的誠實嗎？

「我被害流血，下到地府，有何益處呢？塵土豈能稱謝你、傳揚你的信實嗎？

「我被害流血，下到地府，有何益處呢？塵土豈能稱謝你、傳揚你的信實嗎？

「耶和華啊，我被毀滅、落入墳墓有何益處？我歸於塵土，還能讚美你、宣揚你的信實嗎？

“我被害流血，下到深坑，有甚麼益處呢？塵土還能稱讚你，還能傳揚你的信實嗎？

『我被害流血、下於冥坑、有甚麼益處？塵土還能稱讚你，還能宣說你的可信可靠麼？

「我死亡下到陰坑，有什麼好處呢？難道塵土會稱謝你，宣告你的信實嗎？

流我之血、使我就墓、何益之有、塵土安能頌爾、安能宣爾誠實兮、

予也被殺歸墓、何益之有、一坯之土、安能頌爾名、稱爾道兮、

曰、使我死亡、使我入墓、有何裨益、塵土豈能讚美主、述說主之誠實、

哀哀求主。聽我仰訴。

I said,“ What good will come if I become silent in death? What good will come if I go down into the grave? Can the dust of my dead body praise you? Can it tell how faithful you are?

“ What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

“ What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?

“ What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth?

“ What gain is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

“ What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

“ What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your truth?

What profit[ is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

“ What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

“ What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who go down to the place of silence;it is we who extol the Lord, both now and forevermore. Praise the Lord.

For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.