Psa 88:10-12 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ 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? ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ Heb “known.”} in the dark region, ^{▼▼ Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.}
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ^{▼▼ Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”} ^{▼▼ The rhetorical questions in vv. 10–12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”}