88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?
Do the departed spirits 1 rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. 2
When you take away their life’s breath, they die
and return to dust.
1 tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).
2 tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”