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Psalm 115

Psa. 115:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The dead
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
w praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
not the Lord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
, neither any that go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
into silence
duwmah (Hebrew #1745)
silence; figuratively, death
KJV usage: silence.
Pronounce: doo-maw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be dumb (compare 1820)
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Psa. 88:10‑12• 10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Psa. 88:10‑12)
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Isa. 38:18‑19• 18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:18‑19)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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dead.
Psa. 6:5• 5For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee? (Psa. 6:5)
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Psa. 30:9• 9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (Psa. 30:9)
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Psa. 88:10‑12• 10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Psa. 88:10‑12)
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Isa. 38:18‑19• 18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:18‑19)
go down.
Psa. 31:17• 17Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. (Psa. 31:17)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
• The psalm does not look beyond death: the blessing of which it speaks is not heavenly as with the Christian. (“Psalms 115” by H. Smith)
• For we may remark how earth is here the sphere, and this present life the energy in which God is known and owned. “The dead praise not the Lord;” {v.16} “the earth hath He given to the children of men.”{v.17} (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 114-118” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The dead praise not Jaha, neither any that go down into silence;

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 68.4.