5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Dead people, contrary to
many Bible verses, neither remember God nor give him thanks.
Is death final?
The psalmist desired to sing God's praise among the
living, which he couldn't do if he was dead of course. The psalmist
does not speak here about life after death which does not take place
among the living. As John Gill
says:
Of the goodness, truth, power, and faithfulness of God; no notice can be taken nor mention, made either of the perfections or works of God, whether of nature or of grace, by a dead man to others; he is wholly useless to men on earth with respect to these things;
