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

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

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 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?

For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?

The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.But we can praise the Lord both now and forever! Praise the Lord!

For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness.

I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.

Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? InterludeCan those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.