In Death No Remembrance of You - Psalms 6:5

In Psalms chapter six David wrote, “O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but you, O LORD, how long? Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies' sake”, and in Psalms chapter six and verse five David wrote, “in death there is no remembrance of you” where we read,

For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?

The verse begins with the words, “For in death there is no remembrance of you:” David began with the words, “For in death” which means “because, since and on account in the state of absolute absence of life” “there is no remembrance” or “there exists not any memory, recollection or commemoration” “of you” which means “pertaining to you O LORD Jehovah God”. David stated that there exists no memory of Jehovah God among people who die.

The verse goes on to say, “in the grave who shall give you thanks?” David continued with the words, “in the grave” or “in Sheol, which was the Old Testament designation for the abode of the dead, the underworld, hell or the pit” “who shall give you thanks” which means “what person whether male or female will laud, praise, confess, worship or revere you, Jehovah God”? David asked Jehovah God what person would praise and worship Him when they are in the abode of the dead.

When we consider the words in this verse, we learn David's thoughts about what happens to a person after they die. David was not correct in his assessment of people who die even as Jesus Himself corrected that line of thinking with the story of “Lazarus” (See Luke 16:19-31) and His own words, “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” (See John 11:25) David was exasperated from his failure, and he made his appeal to God based on his further ability to honor and glorify Him while he was on the earth. Everyone should have such passion, and even though David was incorrect in his assumption about death, Jesus Christ made it clear that He came to the world to die for the sins of mankind so that anyone who believes and trusts in Him will not only be forgiven of their sins, but also be with Him in everlasting life.

Next time David says, “I am weary with my groaning”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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