Psalms 88:12

Are your amazing deeds experienced ¹  in the dark region, ²  or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ³ 

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Can the darkness speak of your miracles? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Are your marvelous wonders ever seen in the dark, your righteous ways noticed in the Land of No Memory?

SABDAweb Psa 88:12

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

bibleoremus Psa 88:12

Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

biblegateway Psa 88:12

Are your amazing deeds experienced ¹  in the dark region, ²  or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ³ 

¹ tn Heb “known.”

² tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.

³ tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”

³ sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”