Psa 88:10-12 | NET2full | STEP | Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead ? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks ? ( Selah )

‏ Psalms 88:10-12

10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?
Do the departed spirits ^{▼▼tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).} rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,
or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? ^{▼▼tn Heb “in Abaddon,” a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning “to perish,” “to die.”}
12 Are your amazing deeds experienced ^{▼▼tn Heb “known.”} in the dark region, ^{▼▼tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.}
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ^{▼▼tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”} ^{▼▼sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”}